Tex. Utilities Code § 38.004 — TX Code / Code ut / Chapter 38 / Section 38.004
§ 38.004. MINIMUM CLEARANCE STANDARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a transmission or distribution line owned by an electric utility or an electric cooperative must be constructed, operated, and maintained, as to clearances, in the manner described by the National Electrical Safety Code Standard ANSI (c)(2), as adopted by the American National Safety Institute and in effect at the time of construction.

(b) An electric utility, municipally owned utility, or electric cooperative shall meet the minimum clearance requirements specified in Rule 232 of the National Electrical Safety Code Standard ANSI (c)(2) in the construction of any transmission or distribution line over the following lakes:

(1) Abilene;

(2) Alan Henry;

(3) Alvarado Park;

(4) Amistad;

(5) Amon G. Carter;

(6) Aquilla;

(7) Arlington;

(8) Arrowhead;

(9) Athens;

(10) Austin;

(11) Averhoff;

(12) B. A. Steinhagen;

(13) Bachman;

(14) Balmorhea;

(15) Bardwell;

(16) Bastrop;

(17) Baylor Creek;

(18) Belton;

(19) Benbrook;

(20) Big Creek;

(21) Bob Sandlin;

(22) Bonham;

(23) Bonham State Park;

(24) Brady Creek;

(25) Brandy Branch;

(26) Braunig;

(27) Brazos;

(28) Bridgeport;

(29) Brownwood;

(30) Bryan;

(31) Bryson;

(32) Buchanan;

(33) Buffalo Creek;

(34) Buffalo Springs;

(35) Caddo;

(36) Calaveras;

(37) Canyon;

(38) Casa Blanca;

(39) Cedar Creek;

(40) Champion Creek;

(41) Choke Canyon;

(42) Cisco;

(43) Cleburne State Park;

(44) Clyde;

(45) Coffee Mill;

(46) Coleman;

(47) Coleto Creek;

(48) Colorado City;

(49) Conroe;

(50) Cooper;

(51) Corpus Christi;

(52) Crook;

(53) Cypress Springs;

(54) Daniel;

(55) Davy Crockett;

(56) Diversion;

(57) Dunlap;

(58) Eagle Mountain;

(59) E. V. Spence;

(60) Fairfield;

(61) Falcon;

(62) Fayette County;

(63) Findley;

(64) Fork;

(65) Fort Parker State Park;

(66) Fort Phantom Hill;

(67) Fryer;

(68) Georgetown;

(69) Gibbons Creek;

(70) Gilmer;

(71) Gladewater;

(72) Gonzales;

(73) Graham;

(74) Granbury;

(75) Granger;

(76) Grapevine;

(77) Greenbelt;

(78) Halbert;

(79) Hawkins;

(80) Holbrook;

(81) Hords Creek;

(82) Houston;

(83) Houston County;

(84) Hubbard Creek;

(85) Inks;

(86) Jacksboro;

(87) Jacksonville;

(88) J. B. Thomas;

(89) Joe Pool;

(90) Kemp;

(91) Kickapoo;

(92) Kirby;

(93) Kurth;

(94) Lady Bird;

(95) Lake O' The Pines;

(96) Lavon;

(97) Leon;

(98) Lewisville;

(99) Limestone;

(100) Livingston;

(101) Lone Star;

(102) Lost Creek;

(103) Lyndon B. Johnson;

(104) Mackenzie;

(105) Marble Falls;

(106) Marine Creek;

(107) Martin Creek;

(108) McClellan;

(109) Medina;

(110) Meredith;

(111) Meridian State Park;

(112) Mexia;

(113) Mill Creek;

(114) Millers Creek;

(115) Mineral Wells;

(116) Monticello;

(117) Moss;

(118) Mountain Creek;

(119) Muenster;

(120) Murvaul;

(121) Nacogdoches;

(122) Naconiche;

(123) Nasworthy;

(124) Navarro Mills;

(125) New Ballinger;

(126) Nocona;

(127) Oak Creek;

(128) O. C. Fisher;

(129) O. H. Ivie;

(130) Palestine;

(131) Palo Duro;

(132) Palo Pinto;

(133) Pat Cleburne;

(134) Pat Mayse;

(135) Pinkston;

(136) Placid;

(137) Possum Kingdom;

(138) Proctor;

(139) Purtis Creek;

(140) Quitman;

(141) Raven;

(142) Ray Hubbard;

(143) Ray Roberts;

(144) Red Bluff;

(145) Richland-Chambers;

(146) Sam Rayburn;

(147) Sheldon;

(148) Somerville;

(149) Squaw Creek;

(150) Stamford;

(151) Stillhouse Hollow;

(152) Striker;

(153) Sulphur Springs;

(154) Sweetwater;

(155) Tawakoni;

(156) Texana;

(157) Texoma;

(158) Timpson;

(159) Toledo Bend;

(160) Tradinghouse Creek;

(161) Travis;

(162) Twin Buttes;

(163) Tyler;

(164) Waco;

(165) Walter E. Long;

(166) Waxahachie;

(167) Weatherford;

(168) Welsh;

(169) Wheeler Branch;

(170) White River;

(171) White Rock;

(172) Whitney;

(173) Wichita;

(174) Winnsboro;

(175) Winters-Elm Creek;

(176) Wood;

(177) Worth; and

(178) Wright Patman.