Texas § LG.284.055 - USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND APPLICABLE RATE
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§ LG.284.055. USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND APPLICABLE RATE
USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND APPLICABLE RATE. (a) A network provider that wants to connect a network node to the network using the public right-of-way may: (1) install its own transport facilities subject to Subsection (b); or (2) obtain transport service from a person that is paying municipal fees to occupy the public right-of-way that are the equivalent of not less than $28 per node per month. (b) A network provider may not install its own transport facilities unless the provider: (1) has a permit to use the public right-of-way; and (2) pays to the municipality a monthly public right-of-way rate for transport facilities in an amount equal to $28 multiplied by the number of the network provider's network nodes located in the public right-of-way for which the installed transport facilities provide backhaul unless or until the time the network provider's payment of municipal fees to the municipality exceeds its monthly aggregate per-node compensation to the municipality. (c) A public right-of-way rate required by Subsection (b) is in addition to any public right-of-way rate required by Section 284.053 . Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 591 (S.B. 1004 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
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