Bill Text: TX HB1426 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to mobile Internet service access in an area subject to a declared state of disaster.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal [HB1426 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1426-Comm_Sub.html
| 86R23945 SRA-D | |||
| By: Guerra, Phelan, Deshotel, Burrows, | H.B. No. 1426 | ||
| Allison, et al. | |||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1426: | |||
| By: Guerra | C.S.H.B. No. 1426 | ||
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| relating to mobile Internet service access in an area subject to a | ||
| declared state of disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.194 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.194. MOBILE INTERNET SERVICE IN AREA SUBJECT TO | ||
| DISASTER DECLARATION. (a) In this section, "mobile Internet | ||
| service provider" means a person who provides mobile Internet | ||
| service to a wireless communication device as defined by Section | ||
| 545.425, Transportation Code. | ||
| (b) A mobile Internet service provider may not impair or | ||
| degrade lawful mobile Internet service access in an area subject to | ||
| a declared state of disaster under Section 418.014. | ||
| (c) This section does not prohibit a mobile Internet service | ||
| provider from prioritizing first responder Internet service access | ||
| or a network service designated for use by emergency services | ||
| personnel if there is network congestion in an area subject to a | ||
| declared state of disaster under Section 418.014. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
