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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 284.201: USE OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY POLES.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 9. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
  4. CHAPTER 284. DEPLOYMENT OF NETWORK NODES IN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
  5. SUBCHAPTER E. ACCESS TO MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY POLES

(a) The governing body of a municipally owned utility shall allow collocation of network nodes on municipally owned utility poles on nondiscriminatory terms and conditions and pursuant to a negotiated pole attachment agreement, including any applicable permitting requirements of the municipally owned utility.

(b) The annual pole attachment rate for the collocation of a network node supported by or installed on a municipally owned utility pole shall be based on a pole attachment rate consistent with Section 54.204, Utilities Code, applied on a per-foot basis.

(c) The requirements of Subchapters B, C, and D applicable to the installation of a network node supported by or installed on a pole do not apply to a network node supported by or installed on a municipally owned utility pole.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 591 (S.B. 1004), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:27Z. Source file · JSON

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