Crown Castle to Follow New Texas Code on ROW Compensation
Crown Castle said it will adhere to right-of-way compensation rules from the Texas small-cells law enacted this year. The company earlier argued newly established Chapter 284 in the Texas Local Government Code didn’t replace Chapter 283. Under the older section,…
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the company didn’t have to pay the cities for ROW use because the chapter calculated payment based on number of access lines, and companies like Crown Castle don't have any. Author of the small-cells bill Senate Business and Commerce Committee Chairman Kelly Hancock (R) said Wednesday he never meant to spur regulatory-regime shopping (see 1710110062). Government Relations Manager Amandus Derr responded Thursday, “Crown Castle appreciates Senator Hancock’s leadership on this issue and fully intends to deploy small cell networks in Texas under the recently enacted Section 284.” ExteNet, which also argued Chapter 283 still stands, didn’t comment.