Bill Text: TX SB1152 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the payment of certain fees to municipalities by entities that provide telecommunications and cable or video services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1152 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1152-Enrolled.html
 
 
  S.B. No. 1152
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the payment of certain fees to municipalities by
  entities that provide telecommunications and cable or video
  services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 283.051, Local Government Code, is
  amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
         (d)  In this subsection, "affiliated group" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 171.0001, Tax Code.  A certificated
  telecommunications provider is not required to pay any compensation
  under Subsection (a) for a given calendar year if the provider
  determines that the sum of the compensation due from the provider
  and any member of the provider's affiliated group to all
  municipalities in this state under Subsection (a) is less than the
  sum of the fees due from the provider and any member of the
  provider's affiliated group to all municipalities in this state
  under Section 66.005, Utilities Code.  The determination under this
  subsection for a given year must be based on amounts actually paid,
  or amounts that would have been paid notwithstanding this
  subsection, during the 12-month period ending June 30 of the
  immediately preceding calendar year by the provider and any member
  of the provider's affiliated group.  In the case of a conflict
  between this subsection and Section 283.055, this subsection
  prevails.
         (e)  Notwithstanding the aggregate amount of compensation or
  fees paid in this state calculated under Subsection (d), Subsection
  (d) does not exempt a certificated telecommunications provider from
  paying compensation under Subsection (a) to a municipality if the
  provider is not required to pay a fee authorized by Section 66.005,
  Utilities Code, or another fee described in 47 U.S.C. Section
  542(g), to that municipality. This subsection applies only to a
  municipality described in this subsection and does not limit the
  application of Subsection (d) to any other municipality.
         (f)  A certificated telecommunications provider shall file,
  not later than October 1 of each year, an annual written
  notification with each municipality in which the provider provides
  telecommunications services of the provider's requirement to pay
  compensation under Subsection (a) or exemption from the requirement
  to pay compensation under Subsection (d) for the following calendar
  year.
         SECTION 2.  Section 66.005, Utilities Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
         (d)  In this subsection, "affiliated group" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 171.0001, Tax Code.  A holder of a state-issued
  certificate of franchise authority is not subject to the fee
  imposed under Subsection (a) for a given calendar year if the holder
  determines that the sum of fees due from the holder and any member
  of the holder's affiliated group to all municipalities in this
  state under Subsection (a) is less than the sum of the compensation
  due from the holder and any member of the holder's affiliated group
  to all municipalities in this state under Section 283.051, Local
  Government Code.  The determination under this subsection for a
  given year must be based on amounts actually paid, or amounts that
  would have been paid notwithstanding this subsection, during the
  12-month period ending June 30 of the immediately preceding
  calendar year by the holder and any member of the holder's
  affiliated group.  In the case of a conflict between this subsection
  and Section 283.055, Local Government Code, this subsection
  prevails.
         (e)  Notwithstanding the aggregate amount of compensation or
  fees paid in this state calculated under Subsection (d), Subsection
  (d) does not exempt a holder of a state-issued certificate of
  franchise authority from paying the fee imposed under Subsection
  (a) to a municipality if the holder is not required to pay
  compensation under Section 283.051, Local Government Code, to that
  municipality. This subsection applies only to a municipality
  described in this subsection and does not limit the application of
  Subsection (d) to any other municipality. Nothing in this
  subsection affects the application of Section 66.006 or 66.009 to
  any holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise authority.
         (f)  A holder of a state-issued certificate of franchise
  authority shall file, not later than October 1 of each year, an
  annual written notification with each municipality in which the
  holder provides cable or video services of the holder's requirement
  to pay the fee under Subsection (a) or exemption from the
  requirement to pay the fee under Subsection (d) for the following
  calendar year.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
  only to a payment made on or after January 1, 2020.  A payment made
  before January 1, 2020, is governed by the law in effect on the date
  the payment was made, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         (b)  A determination of compensation or fees described by
  Section 283.051(d), Local Government Code, as added by this Act, or
  Section 66.005(d), Utilities Code, as added by this Act, for the
  year 2020 must be based on amounts actually paid between July 1,
  2018, and June 30, 2019.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1152 passed the Senate on
  April 4, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5; and that the
  Senate concurred in House amendment on May 21, 2019, by the
  following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1152 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 92, Nays 50,
  two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor
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