Bill Text: TX HB3880 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to required notice by telecommunications utilities to owners or managers of a multiunit complex before performing work.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3880 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3880-Introduced.html
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| By: Goldman | H.B. No. 3880 | |
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| relating to required notice by telecommunications utilities to | ||
| owners or managers of a multiunit complex before performing work. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 64, Utilities Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter F to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER F. SERVICES AT MULTIUNIT COMPLEXES | ||
| Sec. 64.251. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Cable service provider" and "video service | ||
| provider" have the meanings assigned by Section 66.002. | ||
| (2) "Multiunit complex" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 92.151, Property Code. | ||
| (3) "Telecommunications provider" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 51.002. | ||
| Sec. 64.252. REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICES AT MULTIUNIT | ||
| COMPLEXES. (a) Before a cable service provider, video service | ||
| provider, or telecommunications provider provides on-site services | ||
| at a multiunit complex, the provider, or an agent or employee of the | ||
| provider, must: | ||
| (1) provide written notice to the owner or manager of | ||
| the multiunit complex; | ||
| (2) agree in writing to comply with the rules and | ||
| regulations of the owner or manager of the complex while on the | ||
| property; and | ||
| (3) obtain express written authorization from the | ||
| owner or manager of the complex to work at a specific portion of the | ||
| complex. | ||
| (b) The written notice described by Subsection (a) must | ||
| include: | ||
| (1) the full name of the provider, or if a contractor | ||
| is acting on behalf of the provider, the full name of the contractor | ||
| providing the services; | ||
| (2) the full name of each employee of the provider or | ||
| contractor that will be providing the services, and if applicable, | ||
| the identification number of each employee; | ||
| (3) a description of the services to be provided, | ||
| including the area of the property on which services will be | ||
| provided and the building and unit number; and | ||
| (4) the date on which services are to be provided. | ||
| (c) On request by the provider or an agent or employee of the | ||
| provider, the manager of the multiunit complex shall provide in | ||
| writing the manager's rules and regulations relating to the | ||
| multiunit complex. | ||
| (d) The provider is liable for damages caused by the | ||
| negligence of the provider or an agent or employee of the provider. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
