- (a) Under state law, certain utilities have a right to operate, construct, and maintain their lines over, under, across, on, or along highways, subject to highway purposes. This includes utilities authorized by law to transport or distribute natural gas, water, electric power, telephone, cable television, or salt water and those that are authorized to construct and operate common carrier petroleum and petroleum product lines.
- (b) Private lines may cross, but are not permitted longitudinally on highway rights of way. This includes privately-owned lines from gas or oil wells, lines owned by oil companies within refinery and oil storage complexes or by firms engaged in businesses other than those described in subsection (a) of this section, private purpose lines of an entity described in subsection (a) of this section, and service lines owned by individuals.
Source Note:The provisions of this §21.36 adopted to be effective March 17, 2005, 30 TexReg 1455.