{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-284.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 284.055","heading":"USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND APPLICABLE RATE.","body":"(a) A network provider that wants to connect a network node to the network using the public right-of-way may:\n(1) install its own transport facilities subject to Subsection (b); or\n(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.\n(b) A network provider may not install its own transport facilities unless the provider:\n(1) has a permit to use the public right-of-way; and\n(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 591 (S.B. 1004), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 9. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS","CHAPTER 284. DEPLOYMENT OF NETWORK NODES IN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY","SUBCHAPTER B. USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.284.htm#284.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"64f6c3fa1cdfa65f955a683861c56b8e7791b64583c7213392b8970c3402216c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-284.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-284.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}