Sec. 181.083.  AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT LINE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.  A telephone or telegraph corporation may enter land in which a private person or a corporation owns a fee or lesser estate to:
(1)  make a preliminary survey or examination to prepare for the construction of a telephone or telegraph line;
(2)  change the location of a part of a telephone or telegraph line as necessary;  or
(3)  construct or repair a telephone or telegraph line.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.