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City Has No Jurisdiction Over Water Supply Corporation
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1985.tb05485.x
Subject(s) - corporation , jurisdiction , water supply , supreme court , business , law , power (physics) , engineering , political science , finance , environmental engineering , physics , quantum mechanics
The Supreme Court of Texas held that a water supply corporation was not a “water utility” and that a city thus had no jurisdiction over it. The City of Hardin enacted an ordinance that fixed the rate the Hardin Water Supply Corporation could charge customers within the city's boundaries. The corporation, which had been organized under Texas law, sought a determination that the city, as a general law municipality, had no power to regulate water utility rates.