Tex. Util. Code § 54.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A telecommunications utility is not required to obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority for:
(1) an interexchange telecommunications service;
(2) a nonswitched private line service;
(3) a shared tenant service;
(4) a specialized communications common carrier service;
(5) a commercial mobile service; or
(6) an operator service as defined by Section 55.081.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.54.htm
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