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89(R) SB 924 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
S.B. No. 924
AN ACT
relating to entities that provide video services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 66.002(10), Utilities Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(10) "Video service" means video programming services
provided through wireline facilities located at least in part in
the public right-of-way without regard to delivery technology,
including Internet protocol technology.
The term
[
This definition
]
does not include
:
(A)
any video service provided by a commercial
mobile service provider as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 332(d)
;
(B)
direct-to-home satellite services, as
defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 303(v), that are transmitted from a
satellite directly to a customer's premises without using or
accessing a portion of the public right-of-way; or
(C)
any video programming accessed via a service
that enables users to access content, information, e-mail, or other
services offered over the Internet, including streaming content
.
SECTION 2. Chapter 66, Utilities Code, is amended by adding
Section 66.017 to read as follows:
Sec.
66.017.
PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN DUTIES. (a) The
enactment of Sections 66.002(10)(B) and (C) does not affect the
obligation of a person who holds a state-issued certificate of
franchise authority on September 1, 2025, to provide the
compensation required under this chapter for use of a public
right-of-way.
(b)
The enactment of Sections 66.002(10)(B) and (C) does not
affect the application of this chapter to compensation with respect
to services described by those sections provided before September
1, 2025, by a person who was involved in litigation regarding this
chapter on January 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. It is the intent of the legislature that the
changes in law made by this Act do not affect the existing right of a
municipality to bring an action against a holder or non-holder of a
state-issued certificate of franchise authority in a court of
competent jurisdiction under Chapter 66, Utilities Code.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 924 passed the Senate on
March 31, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 7; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 28, 2025, by the
following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 924 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 115,
Nays 13, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor