Tex. Util. Code § 186.041 · Subchapter D. AVAILABILITY OF EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE

DEFINITIONS.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

In this subchapter:

(1) "Emergency" means a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.

(2) "Party line" means a subscriber's telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected with the circuit, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.186.htm
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