Sec. 283.052. EFFECT OF PAYMENT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FEES TO MUNICIPALITY. (a) Subject to the requirements of Sections 283.056 and 283.057, a certificated telecommunications provider that complies with this chapter and commission orders issued under this chapter:
(1) may erect poles or construct conduit, cable, switches, and related appurtenances and facilities and excavate within a public right-of-way to provide telecommunications service; and
(2) is not subject to municipal franchise requirements.
(b) All use of a public right-of-way is nonexclusive and subject to Section 283.056.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 840, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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