Tex. Transportation Code § 250.002
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 250.002, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 250.002. RIGHT-OF-WAY ACCOMMODATION FOR BROADBAND-ONLY PROVIDERS.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) "Broadband-only provider" means an entity that exclusively provides broadband service.
(2) "Broadband service" means Internet service with the capability of providing:
(A) a download speed of 25 megabits per second or faster; and
(B) an upload speed of three megabits per second or faster.
(b) The commission by rule shall:
(1) on a competitively and technologically neutral and nondiscriminatory basis with respect to other providers of broadband service, establish an accommodation process that authorizes broadband-only providers to use state highway rights-of-way, subject to highway purposes, for:
(A) new broadband facility installations;
(B) additions to or maintenance of existing broadband facility installations;
(C) adjustments or relocations of broadband facilities; and
(D) existing broadband facilities retained within the rights-of-way; and
(2) prescribe minimum requirements for the accommodation, method, materials, and location for the installation, adjustment, and maintenance of broadband facilities under the accommodation process.
(1) "Broadband-only provider" means an entity that exclusively provides broadband service.
(2) "Broadband service" means Internet service with the capability of providing:
(A) a download speed of 25 megabits per second or faster; and
(B) an upload speed of three megabits per second or faster.
(b) The commission by rule shall:
(1) on a competitively and technologically neutral and nondiscriminatory basis with respect to other providers of broadband service, establish an accommodation process that authorizes broadband-only providers to use state highway rights-of-way, subject to highway purposes, for:
(A) new broadband facility installations;
(B) additions to or maintenance of existing broadband facility installations;
(C) adjustments or relocations of broadband facilities; and
(D) existing broadband facilities retained within the rights-of-way; and
(2) prescribe minimum requirements for the accommodation, method, materials, and location for the installation, adjustment, and maintenance of broadband facilities under the accommodation process.
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