Bill Text: TX SB2119 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the identification of locations receiving broadband and certain telecommunications services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB2119 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2119-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 2119 | ||
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| relating to the identification of locations receiving broadband and | ||
| certain telecommunications services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 490I, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 490I.01051 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 490I.01051. MAP OF LOCATIONS RECEIVING BROADBAND AND | ||
| CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES; REPORT. (a) The Public | ||
| Utility Commission of Texas shall create, update annually, and | ||
| publish on the commission's Internet website a map that shows | ||
| locations in this state that are: | ||
| (1) receiving reliable broadband service at speeds of | ||
| not less than 100 megabits per second for a download and not less | ||
| than 20 megabits per second for an upload; | ||
| (2) served by an eligible telecommunications provider | ||
| under Section 56.023, Utilities Code, that receives support for | ||
| that purpose under a plan of the state universal service fund | ||
| established under Section 56.021, Utilities Code; and | ||
| (3) described by both Subdivisions (1) and (2). | ||
| (b) The comptroller shall assist the Public Utility | ||
| Commission of Texas in creating and updating the map described by | ||
| Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) Not later than December 1 of each year, the Public | ||
| Utility Commission of Texas shall submit a report to the governor, | ||
| the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives, and the legislature that shows the locations | ||
| described by Subsection (a)(3). | ||
| SECTION 2. The Public Utility Commission of Texas must | ||
| submit the first report required under Section 490I.01051, | ||
| Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 1, | ||
| 2024. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2119 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2119 passed the House on | ||
| May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 14, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
