Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3918.0403 · Subchapter D. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISIONS; ASSESSMENTS
USE OF ELECTRICAL OR OPTICAL LINES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district may impose an assessment to pay the cost of:
(1) burying, relocating, or removing electrical power lines, telephone lines, cable or fiber-optic lines, or any other type of electrical or optical line;
(2) removing poles and any elevated lines using the poles; and
(3) reconnecting the lines described by Subdivision (2) to the buildings or other improvements to which the lines were connected.
(b) The assessment under Subsection (a) may not be imposed on the property, including the equipment, rights-of-way, easements, facilities, or improvements, of a telecommunications provider as defined by Section 51.002, Utilities Code, or a cable service provider or video service provider as defined by Section 66.002, Utilities Code, unless in accordance with an agreement with the city.
(c) The district may acquire, operate, or charge fees for the use of the district conduits for:
(1) another person's:
(A) telecommunications network;
(B) fiber-optic cable; or
(C) electronic transmission line; or
(2) any other type of transmission line or supporting facility.
(d) The district may not require a person to use a district conduit.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 990 (H.B. 4638), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2022.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3918.htm
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