Tex. Util. Code § 54.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person may not provide local exchange telephone service, basic local telecommunications service, or switched access service unless the person obtains a:
(1) certificate of convenience and necessity;
(2) certificate of operating authority; or
(3) service provider certificate of operating authority.
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.54.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
Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Util. Code § 54.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Utilities Code
- Tex. Util. Code § 56.202DESIGNATION OF PROVIDER.Printed as Section 54.001
- Tex. Util. Code § 65.102REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Sections 54.001, 54.002, 54.003, 54.004, 54.005, 54.006, 54.008(a), 54.101, 54.102, 54.103, 54.105, 54.151, 54.156, 54.158, 54.159, 54.255, 54.256, 54.257, 54.259, 54.260, and 54.261
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