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By: Schwertner |
S.B. No. 2119 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2023; March 21, 2023, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; |
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April 12, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 12, 2023, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2119 |
By: Schwertner |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the identification of locations receiving broadband and |
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certain telecommunications services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 490I, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 490I.01051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 490I.01051. MAP OF LOCATIONS RECEIVING BROADBAND AND |
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CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES; REPORT. (a) The Public |
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Utility Commission of Texas shall create, update annually, and |
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publish on the commission's Internet website a map that shows |
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locations in this state that are: |
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(1) receiving reliable broadband service at speeds of |
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not less than 100 megabits per second for a download and not less |
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than 20 megabits per second for an upload; |
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(2) served by an eligible telecommunications provider |
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under Section 56.023, Utilities Code, that receives support for |
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that purpose under a plan of the state universal service fund |
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established under Section 56.021, Utilities Code; and |
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(3) described by both Subdivisions (1) and (2). |
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(b) The comptroller shall assist the Public Utility |
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Commission of Texas in creating and updating the map described by |
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Subsection (a). |
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(c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the Public |
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Utility Commission of Texas shall submit a report to the governor, |
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the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and the legislature that shows the locations |
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described by Subsection (a)(3). |
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SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas must |
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submit the first report required under Section 490I.01051, |
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Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 1, |
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2024. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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