88R9785 DIO-D
By: Schwertner S.B. No. 2119
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the identification of areas supported by the broadband
development program and a plan of the universal service fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 490I, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 490I.01051 to read as follows:
Sec. 490I.01051. MAP OF AREAS RECEIVING SUPPORT FOR
BROADBAND AND CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES; REPORT. (a) The
broadband development office and the Public Utility Commission of
Texas shall jointly create, update annually, and publish on the
comptroller's and commission's Internet websites a map that shows
areas in this state that are:
(1) classified as eligible under Section 490I.0105;
(2) served by an eligible provider under Section
56.023, Utilities Code, that receives support for that purpose
under a plan of the state universal service fund established under
Section 56.021, Utilities Code; and
(3) described by both Subdivisions (1) and (2).
(b) Not later than December 1 of each year, the broadband
development office and the Public Utility Commission of Texas shall
submit a joint report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
speaker of the house of representatives, and the legislature that
shows the areas described by Subsection (a)(3) and recommendations
for withdrawing in those areas support from a plan of the state
universal service fund established under Section 56.021, Utilities
Code, through a reasonable transition period.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.