Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 284.151 · Subchapter D. APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS
PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ACTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a municipality may not prohibit, regulate, or charge for the installation or collocation of network nodes in a public right-of-way.
(b) A municipality may not directly or indirectly require, as a condition for issuing a permit required under this chapter, that the applicant perform services unrelated to the installation or collocation for which the permit is sought, including in-kind contributions such as reserving fiber, conduit, or pole space for the municipality.
(c) A municipality may not institute a moratorium, in whole or in part, express or de facto, on:
(1) filing, receiving, or processing applications; or
(2) issuing permits or other approvals, if any, for the installation of network nodes or node support poles.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 591 (S.B. 1004), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.284.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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