Texas Utilities Code
§ 66.010 — NONDISCRIMINATION BY MUNICIPALITY
UT § 66.010Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES · Ch. 66. STATE-ISSUED CABLE AND VIDEO FRANCHISE
Statute text
View on source(a)A municipality shall allow the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority to install, construct, and maintain a communications network within a public right-of-way and shall provide the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority with open, comparable, nondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral access to the public right-of-way. All use of a public right-of-way by the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority is nonexclusive and subject to Section 66.011.
(b)A municipality may not discriminate against the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority regarding:
(1)the authorization or placement of a communications network in a public right-of-way;
(2)access to a building; or
(3)a municipal utility pole attachment term.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 27, eff. September 7, 2005.