Section 284.055 - 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.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 284.055
Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 591,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2017.