By: Hancock S.B. No. 1117

(In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2023; March 9, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; April 5, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3; April 5, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1117 By: King

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.

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