§ 86.176. Rules and regulations; line extension policy.

The city council is authorized and directed to promulgate, revise, amend and supplement the city electric utility rules and regulations for electric service, and the city's line extension policy (collectively the "rules and regulations"), subject to the following:

(1)

The city council may propose changes to the rules and regulations only at a public meeting, to which notice is given as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act, V.T.C.A., Government Code, § 551.001 et seq.

(2)

Proposed rules and regulations must be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, and notice of a public hearing must be given with the publications not more than 22 days or less than eight days before the public hearing is held.

(3)

Adoption of proposed rules and regulations by the city council may occur after a public hearing has been closed and not more than 30 days thereafter, or the council must schedule, provide public notice for and conduct a separate public hearing before the proposed rules and regulations may be adopted.

(4)

Any proposed rule or regulation that is adopted by the city council must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.

(5)

A rule or regulation adopted by the city council shall not take effect less than 30 days from the date of its first publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the city.

(6)

Any and all amendments of the electric utility rules and regulations adopted by the city council shall be provided to the city clerk and shall remain on file in the office of the city clerk with the originally adopted rules and regulations.

(Code 1970, § 9½-2; Ord. No. 2001-65, § 3, 9-10-01; Ord. No. 2010-39, § 2, 8-3-10; Ord. No. 2012-12, § 1, 3-6-12; Ord. No. 2012-15, § 1, 4-3-12; Ord. No. 2018-04 , § 31, 4-17-18)