Tex. Util. Code § 56.206 · Subchapter F. SERVICE TO UNCERTIFICATED AREA
DENIAL OF PETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The commission shall deny a petition if the commission determines that services cannot be extended to the petitioning premises at a reasonable cost. In making that determination, the commission shall consider all relevant factors, including:
(1) the original cost to be incurred by a designated provider to deploy service to the petitioning premises, and the effect of reimbursement of those costs on the state universal service fund;
(2) the number of access lines requested by the petitioners for the petitioning premises;
(3) the size of the geographic territory in which the petitioning premises are included;
(4) the proximity of existing facilities and the existence of a preferred designated provider under Section 56.213; and
(5) any technical barriers to the provision of service.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 651, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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.56.htm
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