Sec. 53.005. RATES FOR AREA NOT IN MUNICIPALITY. Without the approval of the commission, a public utility's rates for an area not in a municipality may not exceed 115 percent of the average of all rates for similar services for all municipalities served by the same utility in the same county as that area.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act
Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 53.001. Authorization to Establish and Regulate Rates
Section 53.002. Compliance With Title
Section 53.003. Just and Reasonable Rates
Section 53.004. Equality of Rates and Services
Section 53.005. Rates for Area Not in Municipality