{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-66.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 66.010","heading":"NONDISCRIMINATION BY MUNICIPALITY.","body":"(a) A municipality shall allow the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority to install, construct, and maintain a communications network within a public right-of-way and shall provide the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority with open, comparable, nondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral access to the public right-of-way. All use of a public right-of-way by the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority is nonexclusive and subject to Section 66.011.\n(b) A municipality may not discriminate against the holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority regarding:\n(1) the authorization or placement of a communications network in a public right-of-way;\n(2) access to a building; or\n(3) a municipal utility pole attachment term.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 27, eff. September 7, 2005.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES","CHAPTER 66. STATE-ISSUED CABLE AND VIDEO FRANCHISE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.66.htm#66.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"98190c259d7840513dfc7673f356b31e02f5f7d50f6b53961cd6b20fd43a5e1d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-66.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-66.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}