Texas Utilities Code Title 2, Chapter 66 - State-issued Cable And Video Franchise

• Texas 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 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 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 shall file an application for a state-issued certificate of...
• Texas 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 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 Section 66.006 - In-kind Contributions To Municipality
  (a) Until the expiration or termination of the incumbent cable service provider's agreement, the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority shall pay a...
• Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...

Last modified: September 28, 2016