Tex. Utilities Code § 253.0201

This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 253.0201, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.

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§ 253.0201. CONTRACTS FOR POLE ATTACHMENTS.

Official statutory text

(a) An electric cooperative that owns a pole may require a broadband provider that attaches a pole attachment to the pole under this chapter to enter into a contract for access to the pole.

(b) The terms and conditions of a contract under Subsection (a) must be consistent with this chapter.

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