Tex. Util. Code § 52.105 · Subchapter C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES THAT ARE NOT DOMINANT CARRIERS
ACCESS TO CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may require that each local exchange area have access to local and interexchange telecommunications service, except as otherwise provided by this section.
(b) The commission shall allow a telecommunications utility to discontinue service to a local exchange area if:
(1) comparable service is available in the area; and
(2) discontinuing the service is not contrary to the public interest.
(c) This section does not authorize the commission to require a telecommunications utility to initiate service to a local exchange area to which the telecommunications utility:
(1) did not provide service during the preceding 12-month period; and
(2) has not provided service previously for a cumulative period of at least one year.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- 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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