SB924 - Relating to entities that provide video services.

      S.B. No. 924         AN ACT   relating to entities that provide video services.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 66.002(10), Utilities Code, is amended   to read as follows:                (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.  Chapter 66, Utilities Code, is amended by adding   Section 66.017 to read as follows:           Sec.   66.017.     PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN DUTIES. (a) The   enactment of Sections 66.002(10)(B) and (C) does not affect the   obligation of a person who holds a state-issued certificate of   franchise authority on September 1, 2025, to provide the   compensation required under this chapter for use of a public   right-of-way.           (b)     The enactment of Sections 66.002(10)(B) and (C) does not   affect the application of this chapter to compensation with respect   to services described by those sections provided before September   1, 2025, by a person who was involved in litigation regarding this   chapter on January 1, 2025.          SECTION 3.  It is the intent of the legislature that the   changes in law made by this Act do not affect the existing right of a   municipality to bring an action against a holder or non-holder of a   state-issued certificate of franchise authority in a court of   competent jurisdiction under Chapter 66, Utilities Code.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 924 passed the Senate on   March 31, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 7; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 28, 2025, by the   following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 924 passed the House, with   amendments, on May 23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 115,   Nays 13, one present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor