Section 283.052 - Effect of Payment of Right-Of-Way Fees to Municipality(a) Subject to the requirements of Sections 283.056 and 283.057, a certificated telecommunications provider that complies with this chapter and commission orders issued under this chapter:(1) may erect poles or construct conduit, cable, switches, and related appurtenances and facilities and excavate within a public right-of-way to provide telecommunications service; and(2) is not subject to municipal franchise requirements.(b) All use of a public right-of-way is nonexclusive and subject to Section 283.056.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 283.052
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 840, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.