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Subchapter A. General Powers and Duties of Commission
Section 52.001. Policy - Sec. 52.001. POLICY. (a) It is the policy of this...
Section 52.002. Authority to Regulate - Sec. 52.002. AUTHORITY TO REGULATE. (a) To carry out the...
Section 52.003. Cooperation With Other Regulatory Authorities - Sec. 52.003. COOPERATION WITH OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES. In regulating the...
Section 52.004. Commission May Establish Separate Markets - Sec. 52.004. COMMISSION MAY ESTABLISH SEPARATE MARKETS. (a) The commission...
Section 52.005. Minimum Requirements for Dominant Carriers - Sec. 52.005. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR DOMINANT CARRIERS. The commission shall...
Section 52.006. Commission to Report to Legislature - Sec. 52.006. COMMISSION TO REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. (a) Before January...
Section 52.007. Tariff Requirements Relating to Providers Not Subject to Rate of Return Regulation - Sec. 52.007. TARIFF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PROVIDERS NOT SUBJECT TO...
Subchapter B. Incumbent Local Exchange Companies
Section 52.051. Policy - Sec. 52.051. POLICY. In adopting rules and establishing procedures under...
Section 52.052. Applicability - Sec. 52.052. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to basic...
Section 52.053. Certain Rates Prohibited - Sec. 52.053. CERTAIN RATES PROHIBITED. A rate established under this...
Section 52.054. Rules and Procedures for Incumbent Local Exchange Companies - Sec. 52.054. RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANIES....
Section 52.055. Hearing to Determine Level of Competition - Sec. 52.055. HEARING TO DETERMINE LEVEL OF COMPETITION. In determining...
Section 52.056. Specifically Authorized Regulatory Treatments - Sec. 52.056. SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED REGULATORY TREATMENTS. The regulatory treatments the...
Section 52.058. General Provisions Relating to New or Experimental Services or Promotional Rates - Sec. 52.058. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO NEW OR EXPERIMENTAL SERVICES...
Section 52.0583. New Services - Sec. 52.0583. NEW SERVICES. (a) An incumbent local exchange company...
Section 52.0584. Pricing and Packaging Flexibility; Customer Promotional Offerings - Sec. 52.0584. PRICING AND PACKAGING FLEXIBILITY; CUSTOMER PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS. (a)...
Section 52.0585. Customer Promotional Offerings - Sec. 52.0585. CUSTOMER PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS. (a) An incumbent local exchange...
Section 52.059. Rates to Cover Appropriate Costs - Sec. 52.059. RATES TO COVER APPROPRIATE COSTS. (a) The commission...
Section 52.060. Administrative Fee or Assessment - Sec. 52.060. ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OR ASSESSMENT. The commission may prescribe...
Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers
Section 52.101. Applicability - Sec. 52.101. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to a telecommunications...
Section 52.102. Limited Regulatory Authority - Sec. 52.102. LIMITED REGULATORY AUTHORITY. (a) Except as otherwise provided...
Section 52.103. Registration Required - Sec. 52.103. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. (a) A telecommunications utility shall register...
Section 52.1035. Renewal of Certain Certificates - Sec. 52.1035. RENEWAL OF CERTAIN CERTIFICATES. (a) The commission by...
Section 52.104. Commission May Investigate - Sec. 52.104. COMMISSION MAY INVESTIGATE. (a) The commission may investigate...
Section 52.105. Access to Certain Services Required - Sec. 52.105. ACCESS TO CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED. (a) The commission...
Section 52.106. Quality of Service Required - Sec. 52.106. QUALITY OF SERVICE REQUIRED. The commission may require...
Section 52.107. Predatory Pricing - Sec. 52.107. PREDATORY PRICING. (a) The commission may enter an...
Section 52.108. Other Prohibited Practices - Sec. 52.108. OTHER PROHIBITED PRACTICES. The commission may enter any...
Section 52.109. Availability of Service - Sec. 52.109. AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE. (a) The commission may require...
Section 52.110. Burden of Proof - Sec. 52.110. BURDEN OF PROOF. (a) In a proceeding before...
Section 52.111. Commission May Exempt - Sec. 52.111. COMMISSION MAY EXEMPT. The commission may exempt from...
Section 52.112. Reduction Pass-Through Required - Sec. 52.112. REDUCTION PASS-THROUGH REQUIRED. (a) Each telecommunications utility that...
Subchapter D. Certificate Holders
Section 52.151. Applicability - Sec. 52.151. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only to a telecommunications...
Section 52.152. Limited Regulatory Authority - Sec. 52.152. LIMITED REGULATORY AUTHORITY. Except as otherwise specifically provided...
Section 52.153. Books and Records - Sec. 52.153. BOOKS AND RECORDS. The commission may prescribe forms...
Section 52.154. Commission May Not Overburden - Sec. 52.154. COMMISSION MAY NOT OVERBURDEN. The commission may not,...
Section 52.155. Prohibition of Excessive Access Charges - Sec. 52.155. PROHIBITION OF EXCESSIVE ACCESS CHARGES. (a) A telecommunications...
Section 52.156. Retail Rates, Terms, and Conditions - Sec. 52.156. RETAIL RATES, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS. A telecommunications utility...
Subchapter E. Deregulation of Service
Section 52.201. Deregulation of Service - Sec. 52.201. DEREGULATION OF SERVICE. Notwithstanding any other provision of...
Section 52.202. Determination of Geographic Market - Sec. 52.202. DETERMINATION OF GEOGRAPHIC MARKET. In determining the geographic...
Section 52.203. Market Power Test - Sec. 52.203. MARKET POWER TEST. (a) To determine whether an...
Section 52.204. Rate for Deregulated Service - Sec. 52.204. RATE FOR DEREGULATED SERVICE. If the price of...
Section 52.205. Investigation of Competition - Sec. 52.205. INVESTIGATION OF COMPETITION. (a) On request of an...
Section 52.206. Reregulation of Market - Sec. 52.206. REREGULATION OF MARKET. The commission, on its own...
Section 52.207. Reports; Confidential Information - Sec. 52.207. REPORTS; CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. (a) In conjunction with the...
Subchapter F. Required Reports and Filings; Records
Section 52.251. Tariff Filings - Sec. 52.251. TARIFF FILINGS. (a) A public utility shall file...
Section 52.252. Depreciation Account - Sec. 52.252. DEPRECIATION ACCOUNT. The commission shall require each public...
Section 52.253. Accounts of Profits and Losses - Sec. 52.253. ACCOUNTS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES. A public utility...
Section 52.255. Availability of Records - Sec. 52.255. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS. Notwithstanding Section 14.152, a book,...
Section 52.256. Plan and Report of Workforce Diversity and Other Business Practices - Sec. 52.256. PLAN AND REPORT OF WORKFORCE DIVERSITY AND OTHER...