Tex. Util. Code § 52.051 · Subchapter B. INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANIES
POLICY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In adopting rules and establishing procedures under this subchapter, the commission shall:
(1) attempt to balance the public interest in a technologically advanced telecommunications system providing a wide range of new and innovative services with traditional regulatory concerns for:
(A) preserving universal service;
(B) prohibiting anticompetitive practices; and
(C) preventing the subsidization of competitive services with revenues from regulated monopoly services; and
(2) incorporate an appropriate mix of regulatory and market mechanisms reflecting the level and nature of competition in the marketplace.
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.52.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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