Tex. Util. Code § 55.252 · Subchapter J. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE BY CERTAIN PROVIDERS
900 SERVICE USED BY PROBATIONERS OR PAROLEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a telecommunications utility that transports or provides an intrastate 900 service that is:
(1) covered by a contract authorized by Chapter 76 or 508, Government Code; and
(2) used by a defendant under the supervision of a community supervision and corrections department or the parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to:
(A) pay a fee or cost; or
(B) comply with telephone reporting requirements.
(b) A telecommunications utility may adjust or authorize the adjustment of an end-user's bill for 900 service described by Subsection (a) only with the consent of the contracting community supervision and corrections department or the contracting parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.155, eff. September 1, 2009.
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.55.htm
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