By Duncan H.B. No. 1281 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the operation of cable television systems by 1-3 general-law municipalities. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 402, Local Government Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 402.905 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 402.905. OPERATION OF CABLE TV SYSTEMS BY GENERAL-LAW 1-8 MUNICIPALITIES. A general-law municipality may own and/or operate 1-9 a cable TV system. 1-10 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.