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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to entities that provide video services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 66.002(2) and (10), Utilities Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Cable service" is defined as set forth in 47 |
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U.S.C. Section 522(6). The term does not include any video |
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programming accessed via a service that enables users to access |
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content, information, e-mail, or other services offered over the |
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Internet, including streaming content. |
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(10) "Video service" means video programming services |
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provided through wireline facilities located at least in part in |
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the public right-of-way without regard to delivery technology, |
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including Internet protocol technology. The term [This definition] |
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does not include: |
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(A) any video service provided by a commercial |
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mobile service provider as defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 332(d); |
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(B) direct-to-home satellite services, as |
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defined in 47 U.S.C. Section 303(v), that are transmitted from a |
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satellite directly to a customer's premises without using or |
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accessing a portion of the public right-of-way; or |
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(C) any video programming accessed via a service |
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that enables users to access content, information, e-mail, or other |
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services offered over the Internet, including streaming content. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |