Tex. Util. Code § 17.153 · Subchapter D. PROTECTION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES
RECORDS OF DISPUTED CHARGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Every service provider shall maintain a record of every disputed charge for a product or service placed on a customer's bill.
(b) The record required under Subsection (a) shall contain for every disputed charge:
(1) any affected telephone numbers or addresses;
(2) the date the customer requested that the billing utility remove the unauthorized charge;
(3) the date the unauthorized charge was removed from the customer's telephone or retail electric bill; and
(4) the date action was taken to refund or credit to the customer any money that the customer paid for the unauthorized charges.
(c) The record required by Subsection (a) shall be maintained for at least 24 months following the completion of all steps required by Section 17.152(a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1579, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.17.htm
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