Tex. Local Government Code § 284.055
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 284.055, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 284.055. USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND APPLICABLE RATE.
Official statutory text
(a) A network provider that wants to connect a network node to the network using the public right-of-way may:
(1) install its own transport facilities subject to Subsection (b); or
(2) obtain transport service from a person that is paying municipal fees to occupy the public right-of-way that are the equivalent of not less than $28 per node per month.
(b) A network provider may not install its own transport facilities unless the provider:
(1) has a permit to use the public right-of-way; and
(2) pays to the municipality a monthly public right-of-way rate for transport facilities in an amount equal to $28 multiplied by the number of the network provider's network nodes located in the public right-of-way for which the installed transport facilities provide backhaul unless or until the time the network provider's payment of municipal fees to the municipality exceeds its monthly aggregate per-node compensation to the municipality.
(c) A public right-of-way rate required by Subsection (b) is in addition to any public right-of-way rate required by Section 284.053.
(1) install its own transport facilities subject to Subsection (b); or
(2) obtain transport service from a person that is paying municipal fees to occupy the public right-of-way that are the equivalent of not less than $28 per node per month.
(b) A network provider may not install its own transport facilities unless the provider:
(1) has a permit to use the public right-of-way; and
(2) pays to the municipality a monthly public right-of-way rate for transport facilities in an amount equal to $28 multiplied by the number of the network provider's network nodes located in the public right-of-way for which the installed transport facilities provide backhaul unless or until the time the network provider's payment of municipal fees to the municipality exceeds its monthly aggregate per-node compensation to the municipality.
(c) A public right-of-way rate required by Subsection (b) is in addition to any public right-of-way rate required by Section 284.053.
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