Texas Utilities Code

§ 54.259 — DISCRIMINATION BY PROPERTY OWNER PROHIBITED

UT § 54.259Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES · Ch. 54. CERTIFICATES · Art. F. REGULATION OF SERVICES, AREAS, AND FACILITIES

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(a)If a telecommunications utility holds a consent, franchise, or permit as determined to be the appropriate grants of authority by the municipality and holds a certificate if required by this title, a public or private property owner may not:

(1)prevent the utility from installing on the owner's property a telecommunications service facility a tenant requests;

(2)interfere with the utility's installation on the owner's property of a telecommunications service facility a tenant requests;

(3)discriminate against such a utility regarding installation, terms, or compensation of a telecommunications service facility to a tenant on the owner's property;

(4)demand or accept an unreasonable payment of any kind from a tenant or the utility for allowing the utility on or in the owner's property; or

(5)discriminate in favor of or against a tenant in any manner, including rental charge discrimination, because of the utility from which the tenant receives a telecommunications service.

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Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.