By: Montford S.B. No. 1268 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the ownership, operation, or provision of a cable 1-2 television service by a general-law municipality. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 402, Local Government Code, 1-5 is amended by adding Section 402.905 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 402.905. OPERATION OF CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE BY A 1-7 GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a) A general-law municipality may own, 1-8 operate, or provide a cable television service inside or outside 1-9 the municipal boundaries. 1-10 (b) The municipality shall regulate the system in a manner 1-11 that protects the municipality's interests. 1-12 (c) In this section, "cable television service" means a 1-13 service provided by or through a facility of a cable television 1-14 system, closed-circuit coaxial cable communication system, or 1-15 microwave or similar transmission service used in connection with a 1-16 cable television system. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.