Sec. 181.044.  NOTICE TO STATE OR COUNTY.  (a)  An electric utility proposing under this subchapter to construct a line along the right-of-way of a state highway or a county road not in a municipality shall give notice of the proposal to:
(1)  the Texas Transportation Commission if the proposal relates to a state highway;  or
(2)  the commissioners court of the county if the proposal relates to a county road.
(b)  On receipt of the notice, the Texas Transportation Commission or the commissioners court may designate the location along the right-of-way where the electric utility may construct the line.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.