Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities
Chapter 55 - Regulation of Telecommunications Services

Section 55.005. Unreasonable Preference or Prejudice Concerning Service Prohibited - Sec. 55.005. UNREASONABLE PREFERENCE OR PREJUDICE CONCERNING SERVICE PROHIBITED. In...

Section 55.006. Discrimination and Restriction on Competition - Sec. 55.006. DISCRIMINATION AND RESTRICTION ON COMPETITION. A public utility...

Section 55.007. Minimum Services - Sec. 55.007. MINIMUM SERVICES. (a) The commission shall require a...

Section 55.008. Improvements in Service; Interconnecting Service - Sec. 55.008. IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICE; INTERCONNECTING SERVICE. The commission, after...

Section 55.009. Intralata Calls - Sec. 55.009. INTRALATA CALLS. (a) If federal law prohibits a...

Section 55.010. Billing for Service to the State - Sec. 55.010. BILLING FOR SERVICE TO THE STATE. A telecommunications...

Section 55.011. Notice of Identity of Interexchange Carrier - Sec. 55.011. NOTICE OF IDENTITY OF INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER. (a) A...

Section 55.013. Limitations on Discontinuance of Basic Local Telecommunications Service - Sec. 55.013. LIMITATIONS ON DISCONTINUANCE OF BASIC LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE....

Section 55.014. Provision of Advanced Telecommunications Services - Sec. 55.014. PROVISION OF ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. (a) In this...

Section 55.015. Lifeline Service - Sec. 55.015. LIFELINE SERVICE. (a) The commission shall adopt rules...

Section 55.016. Telecommunications Billing - Sec. 55.016. TELECOMMUNICATIONS BILLING. (a) The proliferation of charges for...

Section 55.017. Identification Required - Sec. 55.017. IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED. (a) A representative of a telecommunications...

Subchapter B. Extended Area Service

Section 55.021. Extended Area Service - Sec. 55.021. EXTENDED AREA SERVICE. After notice and a hearing,...

Section 55.022. Mandatory Service - Sec. 55.022. MANDATORY SERVICE. The commission may order mandatory extended...

Section 55.023. Optional Extended Area Service - Sec. 55.023. OPTIONAL EXTENDED AREA SERVICE. (a) The commission may...

Section 55.024. Charge for Extended Area Service - Sec. 55.024. CHARGE FOR EXTENDED AREA SERVICE. (a) An incumbent...

Section 55.025. Hunting Service - Sec. 55.025. HUNTING SERVICE. (a) A local exchange company shall...

Section 55.026. New Orders Prohibited After Certain Date - Sec. 55.026. NEW ORDERS PROHIBITED AFTER CERTAIN DATE. On or...

Subchapter C. Expanded Toll-Free Local Calling Areas

Section 55.041. Definitions - Sec. 55.041. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter, "metropolitan exchange," "local calling...

Section 55.042. Contiguous Exchange - Sec. 55.042. CONTIGUOUS EXCHANGE. The commission may expand a toll-free...

Section 55.043. Splitting Exchanges Prohibited - Sec. 55.043. SPLITTING EXCHANGES PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any other provision of...

Section 55.044. Exemption - Sec. 55.044. EXEMPTION. (a) The commission may not require an...

Section 55.045. Eligibility to Petition - Sec. 55.045. ELIGIBILITY TO PETITION. The telephone subscribers of an...

Section 55.046. Petition Requirements - Sec. 55.046. PETITION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A petition under this subchapter...

Section 55.047. Balloting and Consideration - Sec. 55.047. BALLOTING AND CONSIDERATION. (a) If the commission receives...

Section 55.048. Charges - Sec. 55.048. CHARGES. (a) The incumbent local exchange company shall...

Section 55.049. Expansion Prohibited After Certain Date - Sec. 55.049. EXPANSION PROHIBITED AFTER CERTAIN DATE. On or after...

Subchapter D. Operator Service Providers

Section 55.081. Definition - Sec. 55.081. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "operator service" means a...

Section 55.082. Applicability - Sec. 55.082. APPLICABILITY. Except as provided by Section 55.088, this...

Section 55.083. Rules and Procedures - Sec. 55.083. RULES AND PROCEDURES. (a) The commission may adopt...

Section 55.084. Information Displayed on Public Use Telephone - Sec. 55.084. INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON PUBLIC USE TELEPHONE. (a) An...

Section 55.085. Connection Announcement - Sec. 55.085. CONNECTION ANNOUNCEMENT. Before connecting a call, the operator...

Section 55.086. Information Required on Access to Local Exchange Company Operator - Sec. 55.086. INFORMATION REQUIRED ON ACCESS TO LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY...

Section 55.087. Access to Local Exchange Company and Other Utilities Required - Sec. 55.087. ACCESS TO LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY AND OTHER UTILITIES...

Section 55.088. Access to Live Operator Required - Sec. 55.088. ACCESS TO LIVE OPERATOR REQUIRED. (a) A dominant...

Section 55.089. Commission May Investigate and Act on Violation - Sec. 55.089. COMMISSION MAY INVESTIGATE AND ACT ON VIOLATION. (a)...

Subchapter E. Caller Identification Service

Section 55.101. Definitions - Sec. 55.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Caller identification information"...

Section 55.102. Applicability - Sec. 55.102. APPLICABILITY. (a) This subchapter applies only to the...

Section 55.103. Provision of Service - Sec. 55.103. PROVISION OF SERVICE. (a) A telecommunications utility may...

Section 55.104. Use of Information - Sec. 55.104. USE OF INFORMATION. (a) A person may not...

Section 55.105. Per-Call Blocking - Sec. 55.105. PER-CALL BLOCKING. Except as provided by Section 55.1065,...

Section 55.106. Per-Line Blocking - Sec. 55.106. PER-LINE BLOCKING. (a) Except as provided by Section...

Section 55.107. Limitation on Commission Authority - Sec. 55.107. LIMITATION ON COMMISSION AUTHORITY. The commission may prescribe...

Section 55.109. Implementation of Panel Recommendations - Sec. 55.109. IMPLEMENTATION OF PANEL RECOMMENDATIONS. The commission may implement...

Section 55.110. Report of Blocking Failure - Sec. 55.110. REPORT OF BLOCKING FAILURE. (a) A provider of...

Subchapter F. Automatic Dial Announcing Devices

Section 55.121. Definitions - Sec. 55.121. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Automated dial announcing...

Section 55.122. Exemptions - Sec. 55.122. EXEMPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply to the...

Section 55.1225. Applicability - Sec. 55.1225. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies to an automated dial...

Section 55.123. Notice of Use of Device to Telecommunications Utility - Sec. 55.123. NOTICE OF USE OF DEVICE TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY....

Section 55.124. Random or Sequential Number Calling - Sec. 55.124. RANDOM OR SEQUENTIAL NUMBER CALLING. A person may...

Section 55.125. Hours When Use Prohibited - Sec. 55.125. HOURS WHEN USE PROHIBITED. (a) A person may...

Section 55.126. Device Disconnection - Sec. 55.126. DEVICE DISCONNECTION. A person may not use an...

Section 55.127. Contents of Recorded Message - Sec. 55.127. CONTENTS OF RECORDED MESSAGE. (a) A person may...

Section 55.128. Duration of Recorded Message - Sec. 55.128. DURATION OF RECORDED MESSAGE. A person may not...

Section 55.129. Permit Required - Sec. 55.129. PERMIT REQUIRED. A person may not use an...

Section 55.130. Permit - Sec. 55.130. PERMIT. (a) A person may not use an...

Section 55.131. Permit Fee - Sec. 55.131. PERMIT FEE. (a) The commission shall prescribe a...

Section 55.132. Notification of Change - Sec. 55.132. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE. (a) The owner or operator...

Section 55.133. Notification of Local Exchange Company - Sec. 55.133. NOTIFICATION OF LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY. The commission shall...

Section 55.134. Complaints and Enforcement - Sec. 55.134. COMPLAINTS AND ENFORCEMENT. (a) The commission shall: (1)...

Section 55.135. Revocation of Permit - Sec. 55.135. REVOCATION OF PERMIT. The commission may revoke a...

Section 55.136. Disconnection of Service - Sec. 55.136. DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE. (a) If the commission or...

Section 55.137. Administrative Penalty - Sec. 55.137. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a) The commission may impose an...

Section 55.138. Criminal Penalty - Sec. 55.138. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense...

Subchapter H. Pay Telephones

Section 55.171. Definition - Sec. 55.171. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "provider" means an entity...

Section 55.172. Limitation - Sec. 55.172. LIMITATION. This subchapter prescribes the limits of: (1)...

Section 55.173. Registration - Sec. 55.173. REGISTRATION. (a) A person may not provide pay...

Section 55.1735. Charge for Pay Phone Access Line - Sec. 55.1735. CHARGE FOR PAY PHONE ACCESS LINE. The charge...

Section 55.174. Prohibition on Charge for Certain Calls - Sec. 55.174. PROHIBITION ON CHARGE FOR CERTAIN CALLS. A provider...

Section 55.175. Charge for Local Calls - Sec. 55.175. CHARGE FOR LOCAL CALLS. (a) The commission shall...

Section 55.176. Charge for 800-Type Calls - Sec. 55.176. CHARGE FOR 800-TYPE CALLS. (a) A provider may...

Section 55.177. Charge for Credit Card, Calling Card, or Operator-Assisted Calls - Sec. 55.177. CHARGE FOR CREDIT CARD, CALLING CARD, OR OPERATOR-ASSISTED...

Section 55.178. Notice of Inability to Receive Calls - Sec. 55.178. NOTICE OF INABILITY TO RECEIVE CALLS. (a) A...

Section 55.179. Information Requirements - Sec. 55.179. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission by rule may...

Section 55.180. Violations - Sec. 55.180. VIOLATIONS. The commission may order the disconnection of...

Subchapter I. Directory Listings and Assistance

Section 55.201. Terms of Directory Listings and Assistance - Sec. 55.201. TERMS OF DIRECTORY LISTINGS AND ASSISTANCE. (a) Each...

Section 55.202. Directory Published by Telecommunications Utility - Sec. 55.202. DIRECTORY PUBLISHED BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY. A telecommunications utility...

Section 55.203. Directory Published by Private Publisher - Sec. 55.203. DIRECTORY PUBLISHED BY PRIVATE PUBLISHER. (a) A private...

Section 55.204. Electronic Telephone Directory - Sec. 55.204. ELECTRONIC TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. (a) Notwithstanding any other law,...

Subchapter J. Telecommunications Service by Certain Providers

Section 55.251. Charge for Hotel or Motel Call - Sec. 55.251. CHARGE FOR HOTEL OR MOTEL CALL. A hotel...

Section 55.252. 900 Service Used by Probationers or Parolees - Sec. 55.252. 900 SERVICE USED BY PROBATIONERS OR PAROLEES. (a)...

Section 55.253. Telephone Prepaid Calling Services - Sec. 55.253. TELEPHONE PREPAID CALLING SERVICES. (a) In this section:...

Subchapter K. Selection of Telecommunications Utilities

Section 55.301. State Policy - Sec. 55.301. STATE POLICY. It is the policy of this...

Section 55.302. Commission Rules - Sec. 55.302. COMMISSION RULES. (a) The commission shall adopt nondiscriminatory...

Section 55.303. Verification of Change - Sec. 55.303. VERIFICATION OF CHANGE. A telecommunications utility may verify...

Section 55.304. Unauthorized Change - Sec. 55.304. UNAUTHORIZED CHANGE. (a) If a change in the...

Section 55.305. Corrective Action and Penalties - Sec. 55.305. CORRECTIVE ACTION AND PENALTIES. (a) If the commission...

Section 55.307. Deceptive or Fraudulent Practice - Sec. 55.307. DECEPTIVE OR FRAUDULENT PRACTICE. The commission may prohibit...

Section 55.308. Consistency With Federal Law - Sec. 55.308. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW. Notwithstanding any other provision...

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Texas Statutes Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities Chapter 55 - Regulation of Telecommunications Services

Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities
Chapter 55 - Regulation of Telecommunications Services