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Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 66 State-Issued Cable And Video Franchise

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  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.001 - Franchising Authority
    The commission shall be designated as the franchising authority for a state-issued franchise for the provision of cable service or video service. Added by Acts ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.002 - Definitions
    In this chapter: (1) "Actual incremental cost" means only current out-of-pocket expenses for labor, equipment repair, equipment replacement, and tax expenses directly associated with the ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.003 - State Authorization To Provide Cable Service Or Video Service
    (a) An entity or person seeking to provide cable service or video service in this state after September 1, 2005, shall file an application for ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.004 - Eligibility For Commission-Issued Franchise
    (a) A cable service provider or a video service provider that currently has or had previously received a franchise to provide cable service or video ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.005 - Franchise Fee
    (a) The holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall pay each municipality in which it provides cable service or video service a franchise ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.006 - In-Kind Contributions To Municipality
    (a) Until the expiration of the incumbent cable service provider's agreement, the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall pay a municipality in ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.007 - Build-Out
    The holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall not be required to comply with mandatory build-out provisions. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.008 - Customer Service Standards
    The holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall comply with customer service requirements consistent with 47 C.F.R. Section 76.309(c) until there are two ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.009 - Public, Educational, And Governmental Access Channels
    (a) Not later than 120 days after a request by a municipality, the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall provide the municipality ...
  • Texas Utilities 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 ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.011 - Municipal Police Power; Other Authority
    (a) A municipality may enforce police power-based regulations in the management of a public right-of-way that apply to the holder of a state-issued certificate of ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.012 - Indemnity In Connection With Right-Of-Way; Notice Of Liability
    (a) The holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall indemnify and hold a municipality and its officers and employees harmless against any and ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.013 - Municipal Authority
    In addition to a municipality's authority to exercise its nondiscriminatory police power with respect to public rights-of-way under current law, a municipality's authority to regulate ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.014 - Discrimination Prohibited
    (a) The purpose of this section is to prevent discrimination among potential residential subscribers. (b) A cable service provider or video service provider that has ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.015 - Compliance
    (a) Should the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority be found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be in noncompliance with the ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.016 - Applicability Of Other Laws
    (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prevent a voice provider, cable service provider or video service provider, or municipality from seeking clarification ...
  • Texas Utilities Code Section 66.017 - Study
    Text of section effective until January 1, 2007 (a) The telecommunications competitiveness legislative oversight committee shall conduct a joint interim study with the commission ...
  • Last modified: August 10, 2007