FRISCO - Lewisville became the latest Barnett Shale city asking Texas lawmakers for more authority in saying where gas pipelines are built inside their city limits.

Some concerned homeowners showed up to support the resolution which narrowly passed.

The homeowners argue natural gas companies have too much power in Texas.

Under state law, they have the power to condemn property and install their own lines.

Cities have little authority to do anything.

Lewisville homeowners say the companies drilling for natural gas in the Barnett Shale can pick and choose their targets.

"They can put a pipeline right through a school yard if they want and the school can't say a dog gone thing. They could put it through a church parking lot if they want to put it there. They can divide land up any way they want," said Dan Manning, from the Central Park Neighborhood Association.

More than 20 north Texas cities have already passed similar resolutions. Lewisville is the latest to call on the Texas legislature to give municipalities more authority to decide where the companies locate wells and pipelines.

"It's just really unclear what the City of Lewisville is going to do in this regard and until I know better, I will not sign my mineral rights away and I hope others in this area won't either," said Lewisville homeowner, Suzanne Anderson.

Manning says one company is planning on drilling close to a Lewisville park and school.

"When they do that they use eminent domain and the railroad commission is extremely friendly to the oil and gas companies. Cities and municipalities don't have much say about how, where why and what they do," he said.

The town of Dish in Denton County sent a letter to other area cities urging them to ask lawmakers for help.

It says without any local regulations, companies aren't even required to notify cities when they install pipelines.

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