Texas Statutes
Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds
Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds

Chapter 281 - Municipal Civic Center Authorities

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 281.001. Short Title - Sec. 281.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as...

Section 281.002. Definitions - Sec. 281.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Authority" means a...

Subchapter B. Creation of Authorities

Section 281.011. Characteristics - Sec. 281.011. CHARACTERISTICS. (a) An authority is a governmental agency,...

Section 281.012. Composition - Sec. 281.012. COMPOSITION. (a) An authority may include the area...

Section 281.013. Petition - Sec. 281.013. PETITION. (a) To create an authority, a petition...

Section 281.014. Notice - Sec. 281.014. NOTICE. (a) When a petition is filed with...

Section 281.015. Hearing - Sec. 281.015. HEARING. (a) At the hearing, the county judge...

Section 281.016. Final Order and Appeal - Sec. 281.016. FINAL ORDER AND APPEAL. (a) The county judge...

Subchapter C. Administrative Provisions

Section 281.021. Board of Directors - Sec. 281.021. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) An authority must be...

Section 281.022. Qualifications - Sec. 281.022. QUALIFICATIONS. A director must be at least 18...

Section 281.023. Terms of Office; Appointments; Vacancies - Sec. 281.023. TERMS OF OFFICE; APPOINTMENTS; VACANCIES. (a) Each director...

Section 281.024. Bond; Oaths of Office - Sec. 281.024. BOND; OATHS OF OFFICE. (a) As soon as...

Section 281.025. Officers - Sec. 281.025. OFFICERS. (a) After executing the bonds and taking...

Section 281.026. Bylaws - Sec. 281.026. BYLAWS. The board may adopt bylaws to govern:...

Section 281.027. Office and Meeting Place - Sec. 281.027. OFFICE AND MEETING PLACE. (a) The board shall...

Section 281.028. Meetings; Notice - Sec. 281.028. MEETINGS; NOTICE. (a) The board shall hold regular...

Section 281.029. Fees of Office - Sec. 281.029. FEES OF OFFICE. A director is entitled to...

Subchapter D. Powers and Duties

Section 281.041. Organizational Expenses - Sec. 281.041. ORGANIZATIONAL EXPENSES. The board may pay costs necessarily...

Section 281.042. Management - Sec. 281.042. MANAGEMENT. The board shall control and manage the...

Section 281.043. Employees - Sec. 281.043. EMPLOYEES. (a) The board shall employ persons the...

Section 281.044. Facilities - Sec. 281.044. FACILITIES. (a) An authority may establish, acquire, lease...

Section 281.045. Duration of Certain Leases - Sec. 281.045. DURATION OF CERTAIN LEASES. If an authority leases...

Section 281.046. Contracts - Sec. 281.046. CONTRACTS. (a) An authority contracts in the name...

Section 281.047. Contracts Over $50,000 - Sec. 281.047. CONTRACTS OVER $50,000. (a) This section applies to...

Section 281.048. Construction Bids; Contracts; Bonds - Sec. 281.048. CONSTRUCTION BIDS; CONTRACTS; BONDS. (a) To bid on...

Section 281.049. Fees; Rules - Sec. 281.049. FEES; RULES. (a) An authority may adopt and...

Section 281.050. Acquisition of Land and Other Property - Sec. 281.050. ACQUISITION OF LAND AND OTHER PROPERTY. (a) An...

Section 281.051. Eminent Domain - Sec. 281.051. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) An authority may acquire land,...

Section 281.052. Suits - Sec. 281.052. SUITS. An authority may, through its directors, sue...

Section 281.053. Costs, Deposits, and Appeal Bonds - Sec. 281.053. COSTS, DEPOSITS, AND APPEAL BONDS. An authority is...

Section 281.054. Costs of Relocation - Sec. 281.054. COSTS OF RELOCATION. If the relocating, raising, rerouting,...

Section 281.055. Surplus Property - Sec. 281.055. SURPLUS PROPERTY. (a) The board may order the...

Section 281.056. Addition of Municipalities - Sec. 281.056. ADDITION OF MUNICIPALITIES. (a) To add a municipality...

Section 281.057. Records - Sec. 281.057. RECORDS. The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition...

Section 281.058. Surety Bond Premiums - Sec. 281.058. SURETY BOND PREMIUMS. The board may pay the...

Section 281.059. Depository - Sec. 281.059. DEPOSITORY. The board shall designate by order or...

Section 281.060. Investments - Sec. 281.060. INVESTMENTS. The board may invest and reinvest authority...

Section 281.061. Fiscal Year; Audit - Sec. 281.061. FISCAL YEAR; AUDIT. (a) The fiscal year of...

Section 281.062. Supplies; Seal - Sec. 281.062. SUPPLIES; SEAL. (a) The board may purchase materials,...

Subchapter E. Revenue Bonds

Section 281.071. Issuance of Bonds - Sec. 281.071. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. (a) An authority may issue...

Section 281.072. Additional Security - Sec. 281.072. ADDITIONAL SECURITY. (a) At the board's discretion, the...

Section 281.073. Bond Provisions - Sec. 281.073. BOND PROVISIONS. (a) In a resolution authorizing the...

Section 281.074. Sale of Bonds - Sec. 281.074. SALE OF BONDS. After bonds are issued, the...

Section 281.075. Approval; Registration - Sec. 281.075. APPROVAL; REGISTRATION. (a) An authority shall submit the...

Section 281.076. Bond Proceeds - Sec. 281.076. BOND PROCEEDS. The board may appropriate or set...

Section 281.077. Refund of Bonds - Sec. 281.077. REFUND OF BONDS. (a) By resolutions adopted by...

Section 281.078. Bonds as Investments; Security - Sec. 281.078. BONDS AS INVESTMENTS; SECURITY. (a) Bonds issued by...

Section 281.079. Paid Bonds and Coupons - Sec. 281.079. PAID BONDS AND COUPONS. When a bond, interest...

Subchapter F. Contracts With Civic Center Authorities

Section 281.091. Authorization; Purposes - Sec. 281.091. AUTHORIZATION; PURPOSES. On terms a municipality considers desirable,...

Section 281.092. Payments - Sec. 281.092. PAYMENTS. (a) A municipality shall pay the amounts...

Section 281.093. Conflict With Municipal Charter - Sec. 281.093. CONFLICT WITH MUNICIPAL CHARTER. If this subchapter conflicts...

Chapter 282 - Municipal Authority Over Public Grounds

Section 282.001. General Authority of Home-Rule Municipality - Sec. 282.001. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY. (a) A home-rule...

Section 282.002. General Authority of General-Law Municipality - Sec. 282.002. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY. (a) A general-law...

Section 282.003. Authority of Home-Rule Municipality to Grant Franchise - Sec. 282.003. AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY TO GRANT FRANCHISE. (a)...

Chapter 283 - Management of Public Right-of-Way Used by Telecommunications Provider in Municipality

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 283.001. State Policy; Purpose - Sec. 283.001. STATE POLICY; PURPOSE. (a) It is the policy...

Section 283.002. Definitions - Sec. 283.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Access line": (A)...

Section 283.003. Commission Review - Sec. 283.003. COMMISSION REVIEW. (a) Not later than September 1,...

Section 283.004. Application - Sec. 283.004. APPLICATION. This chapter applies only to municipal regulations...

Section 283.005. Information - Sec. 283.005. INFORMATION. (a) The commission may collect and compile...

Section 283.006. Fee Requirement for Use of Right-of-Way - Sec. 283.006. FEE REQUIREMENT FOR USE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) Notwithstanding...

Subchapter B. Right-of-Way Fees

Section 283.051. Right-of-Way Fee - Sec. 283.051. RIGHT-OF-WAY FEE. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a...

Section 283.052. Effect of Payment of Right-of-Way Fees to Municipality - Sec. 283.052. EFFECT OF PAYMENT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FEES TO MUNICIPALITY....

Section 283.053. Base Amount - Sec. 283.053. BASE AMOUNT. (a) In determining a municipality's "base...

Section 283.054. Existing Franchise Agreements and Ordinances - Sec. 283.054. EXISTING FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS AND ORDINANCES. (a) Except as...

Section 283.055. Determination of Fees by Commission - Sec. 283.055. DETERMINATION OF FEES BY COMMISSION. (a) Not later...

Section 283.056. Municipal Authorizations; Prohibition on Other Fees and Charges - Sec. 283.056. MUNICIPAL AUTHORIZATIONS; PROHIBITION ON OTHER FEES AND CHARGES....

Section 283.057. Indemnity - Sec. 283.057. INDEMNITY. (a) Certificated telecommunications providers shall indemnify and...

Section 283.058. Additional Commission Jurisdiction - Sec. 283.058. ADDITIONAL COMMISSION JURISDICTION. The commission shall have the...

Chapter 284 - Deployment of Network Nodes in Public Right-of-Way

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 284.001. Findings and Policy - Sec. 284.001. FINDINGS AND POLICY. (a) The legislature finds that:...

Section 284.002. Definitions - Sec. 284.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Antenna" means communications...

Section 284.003. Limitation on Size of Network Nodes - Sec. 284.003. LIMITATION ON SIZE OF NETWORK NODES. (a) Except...

Subchapter B. Use of Public Right-of-Way

Section 284.051. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 284.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies only to...

Section 284.052. Exclusive Use Prohibited - Sec. 284.052. EXCLUSIVE USE PROHIBITED. A municipality may not enter...

Section 284.053. Annual Public Right-of-Way Rate - Sec. 284.053. ANNUAL PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY RATE. (a) A public right-of-way...

Section 284.054. Public Right-of-Way Rate Adjustment - Sec. 284.054. PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY RATE ADJUSTMENT. (a) In this section,...

Section 284.055. Use of Public Right-of-Way and Applicable Rate - Sec. 284.055. USE OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND APPLICABLE RATE. (a)...

Section 284.056. Collocation of Network Nodes on Service Poles - Sec. 284.056. COLLOCATION OF NETWORK NODES ON SERVICE POLES. A...

Section 284.057. Prohibition on Other Compensation - Sec. 284.057. PROHIBITION ON OTHER COMPENSATION. A municipality may not...

Subchapter C. Access and Approvals

Section 284.101. Right of Access to Public Right-of-Way - Sec. 284.101. RIGHT OF ACCESS TO PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. (a) Except...

Section 284.102. General Construction and Maintenance Requirements - Sec. 284.102. GENERAL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS. A network provider...

Section 284.103. General Limitation on Placement of Poles - Sec. 284.103. GENERAL LIMITATION ON PLACEMENT OF POLES. A network...

Section 284.104. Installation in Municipal Parks and Residential Areas - Sec. 284.104. INSTALLATION IN MUNICIPAL PARKS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS. (a)...

Section 284.105. Installation in Historic or Design Districts - Sec. 284.105. INSTALLATION IN HISTORIC OR DESIGN DISTRICTS. (a) A...

Section 284.106. Equipment Cabinets - Sec. 284.106. EQUIPMENT CABINETS. A network provider shall ensure that...

Section 284.107. Compliance With Undergrounding Requirement - Sec. 284.107. COMPLIANCE WITH UNDERGROUNDING REQUIREMENT. (a) A network provider...

Section 284.108. Design Manual - Sec. 284.108. DESIGN MANUAL. (a) A municipality may adopt a...

Section 284.109. Exceptions - Sec. 284.109. EXCEPTIONS. Subject to Subchapter D, a network provider...

Section 284.110. Discrimination Prohibited - Sec. 284.110. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. A municipality, in the exercise of...

Subchapter D. Applications and Permits

Section 284.151. Prohibition of Certain Municipal Actions - Sec. 284.151. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ACTIONS. (a) Except as...

Section 284.152. Authority to Require Permit - Sec. 284.152. AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PERMIT. (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 284.153. General Process Relating to Permit Application - Sec. 284.153. GENERAL PROCESS RELATING TO PERMIT APPLICATION. (a) Except...

Section 284.154. Municipal Review Process - Sec. 284.154. MUNICIPAL REVIEW PROCESS. (a) A municipality shall process...

Section 284.155. Time of Installation - Sec. 284.155. TIME OF INSTALLATION. (a) A network provider shall...

Section 284.156. Application Fees - Sec. 284.156. APPLICATION FEES. (a) A municipality may charge an...

Section 284.157. Certain Work Exempted - Sec. 284.157. CERTAIN WORK EXEMPTED. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision...

Subchapter E. Access to Municipally Owned Utility Poles

Section 284.201. Use of Municipally Owned Utility Poles - Sec. 284.201. USE OF MUNICIPALLY OWNED UTILITY POLES. (a) The...

Subchapter F. Effect on Other Utilities and Providers

Section 284.251. Definitions - Sec. 284.251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Cable service" and...

Section 284.252. Effect on Investor-Owned Electric Utilities, Electric Cooperatives, Telephone Cooperatives, and Telecommunications Providers - Sec. 284.252. EFFECT ON INVESTOR-OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES, ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES, TELEPHONE...

Section 284.253. Effect on Providers of Cable Services or Video Services - Sec. 284.253. EFFECT ON PROVIDERS OF CABLE SERVICES OR VIDEO...

Subchapter G. General Conditions of Access

Section 284.301. Local Police-Power-Based Regulations - Sec. 284.301. LOCAL POLICE-POWER-BASED REGULATIONS. (a) Subject to this chapter...

Section 284.302. Indemnification - Sec. 284.302. INDEMNIFICATION. The indemnification provisions of Sections 283.057(a) and...

Section 284.303. Relocation - Sec. 284.303. RELOCATION. Except as provided in existing state and...

Section 284.304. Interference - Sec. 284.304. INTERFERENCE. (a) A network provider shall operate all...

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Texas Statutes Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds

Texas Statutes
Title 9 - Public Buildings and Grounds
Subtitle A - Municipal Public Buildings and Grounds