Texas § 21.070 MARKING OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY.

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§ 21.070 — MARKING OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY.

Texas § 21.070

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Tex. Transportation Code Code Ann. § 21.070 (2026).

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Sec. 21.070. MARKING OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY.

(a)In this section:

(1)"Cultivated field" means any open space or pasture larger than five acres in which a plant or tree nursery is located or an agricultural crop, including cotton, corn, grain, grapes, beets, peanuts, and rice, but not including grass grown for hay, is grown on a continuing basis.

(2)"Wireless communication facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 25.001 .

(b)Absence of plants, seedlings, or a crop on a temporary basis due to crop rotation or other farm management techniques does not remove an open area from the definition of "cultivated field."

(c)This section applies only to an antenna structure that is used to provide commercial wireless communications services and that is located in a cultivated fiel

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Sec. 21.070. MARKING OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FACILITY. (a) In this section:
(1) "Cultivated field" means any open space or pasture larger than five acres in which a plant or tree nursery is located or an agricultural crop, including cotton, corn, grain, grapes, beets, peanuts, and rice, but not including grass grown for hay, is grown on a continuing basis.
(2) "Wireless communication facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 25.001 .
(b) Absence of plants, seedlings, or a crop on a temporary basis due to crop rotation or other farm management techniques does not remove an open area from the definition of "cultivated field."
(c) This section applies only to an antenna structure that is used to provide commercial wireless communications services and that is located in a cultivated field or within 100 feet of a cultivated field.
(d) A person who proposes to construct a wireless communication facility that is at least 100 feet but not more than 200 feet in height above ground level shall mark the highest guy wires on the facility, if any, with two warning spheres each.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1222, Sec. 3, eff. June 20, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278 ), Sec. 2.38, eff. April 1, 2009.