Tex. Util. Code § 55.178 · Subchapter H. PAY TELEPHONES
NOTICE OF INABILITY TO RECEIVE CALLS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A provider may not display the telephone number of a pay telephone that cannot receive telephone calls.
(b) A provider shall place in a conspicuous location on each pay telephone that cannot receive telephone calls a notice stating in letters one-fourth inch high: "THIS TELEPHONE CANNOT RECEIVE TELEPHONE CALLS."
(c) A provider that violates this section or a rule or order adopted by the commission under this section is subject to a civil penalty as provided by Section 15.028 unless the provider takes corrective action to comply with this section or the rule or order not later than the 14th day after the date the provider receives written notice of the violation.
(d) The commission has jurisdiction over a provider to the extent necessary to enforce this section regardless of whether a provider is a telecommunications utility regulated under this title.
(e) The commission may establish procedures to enforce this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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