Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 283.052 · Subchapter B. RIGHT-OF-WAY FEES
EFFECT OF PAYMENT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FEES TO MUNICIPALITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to the requirements of Sections 283.056 and 283.057, a certificated telecommunications provider that complies with this chapter and commission orders issued under this chapter:
(1) may erect poles or construct conduit, cable, switches, and related appurtenances and facilities and excavate within a public right-of-way to provide telecommunications service; and
(2) is not subject to municipal franchise requirements.
(b) All use of a public right-of-way is nonexclusive and subject to Section 283.056.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 840, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.283.htm
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