Tex. Util. Code § 252.001 · Chapter 252. CABLE ATTACHMENTS TO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE'S DISTRIBUTION POLES
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Abandoned pole attachment" means a pole attachment:
(A) for which a cable operator has not paid, for a period of 90 consecutive days or more, an invoice for rental charges presented by an electric cooperative, unless there is a bona fide dispute over the invoice; or
(B) that is not removed after authority for the pole attachment has terminated or expired, subject to any extension period for negotiation and mediation described by Section 252.005(c).
(2) "Cable operator" means an entity that owns or operates a cable system, as that term is defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 522, regardless of the nature of the services offered or provided by the entity in addition to cable services.
(3) "Pole" means a pole carrying distribution lines with a voltage rating no higher than 34.5 kilovolts.
(4) "Pole attachment" means an affixture of cables, strands, wires, and associated equipment attached to a pole directly or indirectly.
(5) "Security instrument" means a performance bond or an equivalent financial instrument that guarantees payments of amounts payable to an electric cooperative by a cable operator.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1077 (H.B. 3355), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.252.htm
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