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| 7 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 7 | | relating to provision of broadband infrastructure and connectivity |
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| 10 | 8 | | by the Lower Colorado River Authority. |
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| 11 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 8503, Special District Local Laws Code, |
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| 13 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 8503.032 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 12 | | Sec. 8503.032. BROADBAND SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE AND |
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| 15 | 13 | | CONNECTIVITY. (a) In this section, "broadband service" means |
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| 16 | 14 | | advanced telecommunications capability and Internet access. |
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| 23 | | - | (e) The authority may provide fiber capacity or facilities |
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| 24 | | - | only on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms and conditions. |
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| 25 | | - | (f) The authority may not agree to lease fiber capacity or |
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| 26 | | - | facilities to a municipality for the purpose of facilitating |
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| 27 | | - | broadband service connectivity, other than for communications |
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| 28 | | - | regarding utility operations, unless the authority: |
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| 29 | | - | (1) posts on the authority's Internet website |
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| 30 | | - | information concerning the proposal to lease the capacity or |
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| 31 | | - | facilities to the municipality not less than 90 days before |
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| 32 | | - | entering into the lease agreement with the municipality; and |
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| 33 | | - | (2) for the 90-day period beginning on the date that |
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| 34 | | - | the authority posts information under Subdivision (1), makes the |
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| 35 | | - | capacity or facilities available for lease to any commercial |
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| 36 | | - | broadband provider that provides broadband services in the |
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| 37 | | - | municipality, on the authority's standard terms and conditions. |
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