TX SB1169

Expands the definition of "public entity" to include water supply or sewer service corporations, allowing them to participate in joint water and sewer service arrangements with counties, municipalities, and special districts

Authorizes public utility agencies to acquire public utilities by purchase, issue anticipation notes, enter into interlocal contracts, and finance facility acquisitions, while explicitly denying them eminent domain power except in limited circumstances

Establishes withdrawal procedures for participating entities from a public utility agency, requiring 180 days notice and assumption of prorated outstanding debt, with restrictions if agency bonds are secured by the withdrawing entity's revenues

Grants the Public Utility Commission of Texas appellate jurisdiction over public utility agency rates and allows ratepayers to appeal rate decisions, with the state pledging to establish rates sufficient to cover agency obligations

Creates new receivership and temporary management provisions allowing TCEQ or PUC to request appointment of a public utility agency as receiver for utilities that abandon operations, violate final orders, or fail to comply with court judgments