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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 490I.0105. Broadband Development Map

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The broadband development office shall create, update annually, and publish on the comptroller's Internet website a map classifying each broadband serviceable location in this state as:

(1) an unserved location if the location:

(A) does not have access to reliable broadband service capable of providing:

(i)  speeds matching standards adopted by the Federal Communications Commission if required by the comptroller under Section 490I.0101(b);  or

(ii) if the comptroller has not exercised the comptroller's authority under Section 490I.0101(b), speeds described by Section 490I.0101(a);  or

(B) is a public school or community anchor institution and does not have access to reliable gigabit-level broadband service;

(2) an underserved location if the location is not an unserved location but does not have access to reliable broadband service with the capability of providing:

(A) a speed of not less than 100 megabits per second for a download;

(B) a speed of not less than 20 megabits per second for an upload;  and

(C) a network round-trip latency of less than or equal to 100 milliseconds based on the 95th percentile of speed measurements;  or

(3) a served location if the location is neither an unserved nor an underserved location.

(b) The comptroller by rule may establish new threshold speeds for a location to qualify as an underserved location if the comptroller has required Internet service to be capable of matching federal standards to qualify as broadband service under Section 490I.0101(b).

(c) The office may evaluate the usefulness of the standards for unserved and underserved locations outlined in Subsection (a) and, if appropriate, make a recommendation to the legislature to revise the standards.

(d) The map required by Subsection (a) must organize broadband serviceable locations into designated areas and display for each area:

(1) the number of broadband service providers that serve the area;

(2) an indication of whether the area has access to Internet service that is not broadband service, regardless of the technology used to provide the service;

(3) each public school campus with an indication of whether the public school campus has access to broadband service;  and

(4) the number and percentage of unserved, underserved, and served locations within the area.

(e) The office must create, update, and publish the map in a manner consistent with the most current mapping methodology adopted by the Federal Communications Commission.

(f) The office shall use the best available data, including information available from the Federal Communications Commission, to create or update the map.

(g) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1141 (S.B. 1405), § 10(2), eff. July 1, 2025.

(h) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1141 (S.B. 1405), § 10(2), eff. July 1, 2025.

(i) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1141 (S.B. 1405), § 10(2), eff. July 1, 2025.

(j) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1141 (S.B. 1405), § 10(2), eff. July 1, 2025.

(k) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1141 (S.B. 1405), § 10(2), eff. July 1, 2025.

(l) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1141 (S.B. 1405), § 10(2), eff. July 1, 2025.

(m) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 352 (S.B. 1238), § 7(2).

(n) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1141 (S.B. 1405), § 10(2), eff. July 1, 2025.

(o) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1141 (S.B. 1405), § 10(2), eff. July 1, 2025.

(p) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., ch. 1141 (S.B. 1405), § 10(2), eff. July 1, 2025.

(q) The office is not required to create, update, or publish a map under this section if the office adopts a map produced by the Federal Communications Commission that enables the office to identify unserved, underserved, and served locations as described by Subsection (a).

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