Tex. Utils. Code Section 66.010
Nondiscrimination by Municipality

(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 (Municipal Police Power; Other Authority).

(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.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 27, eff. September 7, 2005.

Source: Section 66.010 — Nondiscrimination by Municipality, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.­66.­htm#66.­010 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

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