2022 Texas Statutes
Utilities Code
Title 5 - Provisions Affecting the Operation of Utility Facilities
Chapter 252 - Cable Attachments to Electric Cooperative's Distribution Poles
Section 252.001. Definitions
Sec. 252.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Abandoned pole attachment" means a pole attachment:
(A) for which a cable operator has not paid, for a period of 90 consecutive days or more, an invoice for rental charges presented by an electric cooperative, unless there is a bona fide dispute over the invoice; or
(B) that is not removed after authority for the pole attachment has terminated or expired, subject to any extension period for negotiation and mediation described by Section 252.005(c).
(2) "Cable operator" means an entity that owns or operates a cable system, as that term is defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 522, regardless of the nature of the services offered or provided by the entity in addition to cable services.
(3) "Pole" means a pole carrying distribution lines with a voltage rating no higher than 34.5 kilovolts.
(4) "Pole attachment" means an affixture of cables, strands, wires, and associated equipment attached to a pole directly or indirectly.
(5) "Security instrument" means a performance bond or an equivalent financial instrument that guarantees payments of amounts payable to an electric cooperative by a cable operator.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1077 (H.B. 3355), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
