Texas Utilities Code
§ 181.048 — ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE BROADBAND FACILITIES
UT § 181.048Title 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES · Part B. PROVISIONS REGULATING DELIVERY OF SERVICES · Ch. 181. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES OF UTILITIES · Art. C. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Broadband service" means Internet service with the capability of providing:
(A)a download speed of 25 megabits per second or faster; and
(B)an upload speed of three megabits per second or faster.
(2)"Electric cooperative" means an electric cooperative organized under Chapter 161 or a predecessor statute to Chapter 161.
(b)An electric cooperative or electric cooperative affiliate may construct, operate, and maintain fiber optic cables and other facilities for providing broadband service over, under, across, on, or along real property, personal property, rights-of-way, easements, and licenses and other property rights owned, held, or used by the cooperative. An easement or other property right owned, held, or used by the electric cooperative to provide electricity or other services may also be used to provide broadband service.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 499 (S.B. 14), Sec. 1, eff. June 7, 2019.