Tex. Util. Code § 59.072 · Subchapter D. INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITMENT TO CERTAIN ENTITIES
PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES FOR CERTAIN ENTITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On customer request, an electing company shall provide private network services to:
(1) an educational institution;
(2) a library;
(3) a telemedicine center; or
(4) a legally constituted consortium or group of entities listed in this subsection.
(b) Except as provided by Section 59.081, the electing company shall provide the private network services for the private and sole use of the receiving entity. However, the company may provide the services with a facility that is used to provide another service to another customer.
(c) The customers listed in Subsection (a) are a special class of customers for purposes of the private network for distance learning, telemedicine, and information-sharing purposes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.59.htm
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Utilities Code
- Tex. Util. Code § 59.071DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 59.072(a)
- Tex. Util. Code § 59.075PREFERRED RATE TREATMENT WARRANTED.Printed as Section 59.072(a)
- Tex. Util. Code § 59.077PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES RATES AND TARIFFS.Printed as Section 59.072(a)
- Tex. Util. Code § 59.079COMPLAINTS LIMITED.Printed as Section 59.072(a)
- Tex. Util. Code § 59.081SHARING OR RESALE OF NETWORK SERVICES.Printed as Section 59.072(a)
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