86R5411 SRA-D
 
  By: Guerra H.B. No. 1426
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to mobile Internet service access in an area subject to a
  declared state of disaster.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 418.194 to read as follows:
         Sec. 418.194.  MOBILE INTERNET SERVICE IN AREA SUBJECT TO
  DISASTER DECLARATION. (a)  In this section, "mobile Internet
  service provider" means a person who provides mobile Internet
  service to a wireless communication device as defined by Section
  545.425, Transportation Code.
         (b)  A mobile Internet service provider may not impair or
  degrade lawful mobile Internet service access in an area subject to
  a declared state of disaster under Section 418.014.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.