{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-58.252","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 58.252","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Educational institution\" has the meaning assigned by Section 57.021.\n(1-a) \"Health center\" means a federally qualified health center service delivery site.\n(2) \"Library\" means:\n(A) a public library or regional library system as those terms are defined by Section 441.122, Government Code;\n(B) a library operated by an institution of higher education or a school district; or\n(C) a library operated by a nonprofit corporation as defined by Section 441.221(3), Government Code.\n(3) \"Private network services\" means:\n(A) broadband digital service that is capable of providing transmission speeds of 45 megabits a second or greater for customer applications; and\n(B) other customized or packaged network services.\n(4) \"Telemedicine center\" means a facility that is equipped to transmit, by video, data, or voice service, medical information for the diagnosis or treatment of illness or disease and that is:\n(A) owned or operated by a public or not-for-profit hospital, including an academic health center; or\n(B) owned by one or more state-licensed health care practitioners and operated on a nonprofit basis.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 831 (H.B. 735), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2008.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 903 (S.B. 773), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES","CHAPTER 58. INCENTIVE REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER G. INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITMENT TO CERTAIN ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.58.htm#58.252","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"f50d49d1ce97e524c2ae863ea31ebb0bbefaf14e03b88e258a69bbd8c96b8510","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-58.251","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-58.253"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}