Tex. Util. Code § 56.022 · Subchapter B. UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND
UNIFORM CHARGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The universal service fund is funded by a statewide uniform charge payable by each telecommunications provider that has access to the customer base.
(b) A telecommunications provider shall pay the charge in accordance with procedures approved by the commission.
(c) The uniform charge is on services and at rates the commission determines. In establishing the charge and the services to which the charge will apply, the commission may not:
(1) grant an unreasonable preference or advantage to a telecommunications provider;
(2) assess the charge on pay telephone service; or
(3) subject a telecommunications provider to unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 404, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.56.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
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