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The Lone Star Current – April 2026 Edition
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What Can A City Collect? A Primer on Fees Allowed for A Utility’s Use of Municipal Rights-of-Way
by Jamie L. Mauldin It is longstanding and well-established law that municipalities have the exclusive right to control and manage access for the use of their public rights-of-ways and receive compensation for use of those rights-of-ways.1 The Texas Constitution explicitly… Read More
The Endangered Species Act Proposes to Change Its Stripes Yet Again
by Emily E. Moyes and Lauren C. Thomson1 On November 21, 2025, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) proposed four rules for the implementation of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).2 The proposed… Read More
Deadline Under the PIA, SCOTX Clarifies the Clock
by Gabrielle C. Smith Almost seven years of litigation over a supposedly missed Public Information Act deadline ended with the Supreme Court of Texas holding the deadline wasn’t missed at all. In Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. Paxton, the… Read More
PUC Overturns TCEQ Interpretation of Statutory Deference to Water Districts in Rate Appeals
by Lauren J. Kalisek and Lisa C. Silveria Texas water districts should be aware of an emerging shift in how the Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) interprets Texas Water Code (“TWC”) § 49.2122 which permits a district to establish different charges,… Read More
ERCOT Develops New Batch Study Process for Large Load Interconnections
by Jack M. Klug ERCOT continues to navigate how to meet unprecedented energy demand currently projected in the State of Texas. In particular, ERCOT has projected that by 2031 forecasted energy demand may reach 145 gigawatts (“GW”), which is almost… Read More
Texas Supreme Court Decision Creates Trap for the Unwary
by James F. Parker On April 10, the Texas Supreme Court issued its decision in Spectrum Gulf Coast, LLC v. City of San Antonio—a case involving Spectrum’s contract with the City allowing Spectrum to attach telecommunications equipment to the City’s… Read More
“Ask Sarah” Column
Dear Sarah, We’re facing budget pressure and may need to eliminate several positions. I keep hearing about “60 days’ notice” in layoffs. Does that apply to us? Signed, Trying to Plan Ahead Dear Trying, You’re thinking of the Worker Adjustment… Read More
Municipal Corner
Keeping Your Local Option Homestead Exemption Rate Until 2027. Tex. Att’y Gen. Op. KP-0507 (2026[LK1.1]). The Village of Salado asked the Attorney General about reducing a local option homestead exemption that was adopted and in place in 2022. The Texas… Read More
In the Courts
Water Cases Cockrell Inv. Partners, L.P. v. Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District (No. 23-0593, No. 23-0742) (Tex. Mar. 13, 2026). The Texas Supreme Court held that the Texas Water Code’s 90-day exhaustion period only applies to a party of administrative… Read More
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