Sec. 14.008.  MUNICIPAL FRANCHISES.  (a)  This title does not restrict the rights and powers of a municipality to grant or refuse a franchise to use the streets and alleys in the municipality or to make a statutory charge for that use.
(b)  A franchise agreement may not limit or interfere with a power conferred on the commission by this title.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.