By: Hancock S.B. No. 1117
(Geren)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to entities that provide video services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 66.002(2) and (10), Utilities Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Cable service" is defined as set forth in 47
U.S.C. Section 522(6). The term does not include any video
programming accessed via a service that enables users to access
content, information, e-mail, or other services offered over the
Internet, including streaming content.
(10) "Video service" means video programming services
provided through wireline facilities located at least in part in
the public right-of-way without regard to delivery technology,
including Internet protocol technology. The term [This definition]
does not include:
(A) any video service provided by a commercial
mobile service provider as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 332(d);
(B) direct-to-home satellite services, as
defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 303(v), that are transmitted from a
satellite directly to a customer's premises without using or
accessing a portion of the public right-of-way; or
(C) any video programming accessed via a service
that enables users to access content, information, e-mail, or other
services offered over the Internet, including streaming content.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.