Tex. Local Government Code § 283.001
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 283.001, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 283.001. STATE POLICY; PURPOSE.
Official statutory text
(a) It is the policy of this state to:
(1) encourage competition in the provision of telecommunications services;
(2) reduce the barriers to entry for providers of services so that the number and types of services offered by providers continue to increase through competition;
(3) ensure that providers of telecommunications services do not obtain a competitive advantage or disadvantage in their ability to obtain use of a public right-of-way within a municipality; and
(4) fairly reduce the uncertainty and litigation concerning franchise fees.
(b) It is also the policy of this state that municipalities:
(1) retain the authority to manage a public right-of-way within the municipality to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the public; and
(2) receive from certificated telecommunications providers fair and reasonable compensation for the use of a public right-of-way within the municipality.
(c) The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform method for compensating municipalities for the use of a public right-of-way by certificated telecommunications providers that:
(1) is administratively simple for municipalities and telecommunications providers;
(2) is consistent with state and federal law;
(3) is competitively neutral;
(4) is nondiscriminatory;
(5) is consistent with the burdens on municipalities created by the incursion of certificated telecommunications providers into a public right-of-way; and
(6) provides fair and reasonable compensation for the use of a public right-of-way.
(1) encourage competition in the provision of telecommunications services;
(2) reduce the barriers to entry for providers of services so that the number and types of services offered by providers continue to increase through competition;
(3) ensure that providers of telecommunications services do not obtain a competitive advantage or disadvantage in their ability to obtain use of a public right-of-way within a municipality; and
(4) fairly reduce the uncertainty and litigation concerning franchise fees.
(b) It is also the policy of this state that municipalities:
(1) retain the authority to manage a public right-of-way within the municipality to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the public; and
(2) receive from certificated telecommunications providers fair and reasonable compensation for the use of a public right-of-way within the municipality.
(c) The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform method for compensating municipalities for the use of a public right-of-way by certificated telecommunications providers that:
(1) is administratively simple for municipalities and telecommunications providers;
(2) is consistent with state and federal law;
(3) is competitively neutral;
(4) is nondiscriminatory;
(5) is consistent with the burdens on municipalities created by the incursion of certificated telecommunications providers into a public right-of-way; and
(6) provides fair and reasonable compensation for the use of a public right-of-way.
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