Sec. 103.022.  RATE ASSISTANCE AND COST REIMBURSEMENT.  (a)  The governing body of a municipality participating in or conducting a ratemaking proceeding may engage rate consultants, accountants, auditors, attorneys, and engineers to:
(1)  conduct investigations, present evidence, and advise and represent the governing body;  and
(2)  assist the governing body with litigation or a gas utility ratemaking proceeding before a regulatory authority or court.
(b)  The gas utility in the ratemaking proceeding shall reimburse the governing body of the municipality for the reasonable cost of the services of a person engaged under Subsection (a) to the extent the applicable regulatory authority determines reasonable.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.