Sec. 56.104. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CHARGES. (a) For a call made using the telecommunications relay access service, the person calling or called:
(1) may not be charged for a call that originates and terminates in the same local calling area; and
(2) shall pay one-half of the total charges established by contract with the commission for intrastate interexchange calls.
(b) Charges related to providing the service that, under Subsection (a), are not charged to a person calling or called shall be funded from the universal service fund, as specified by the service provider's contract with the commission.
(c) A local exchange company may not impose an interexchange carrier access charge on a call using the service that originates and terminates in the same local calling area.
(d) A local exchange company shall provide billing and collection services for the service at just and reasonable rates.
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
Chapter 56 - Telecommunications Assistance and Universal Service Fund
Subchapter D. Statewide Telecommunications Relay Access Service
Section 56.102. Telecommunications Relay Access Service
Section 56.103. Telecommunications Relay Access Service Requirements
Section 56.104. Telecommunications Relay Access Service Charges
Section 56.105. Trial Service Costs and Design Information
Section 56.106. Telecommunications Relay Access Service Assessments
Section 56.107. Universal Service Fund Surcharge
Section 56.108. Selection of Telecommunications Relay Access Service Carrier
Section 56.1085. Special Features for Relay Access Service
Section 56.109. Compensation of Carrier
Section 56.110. Advisory Committee
Section 56.111. Advisory Committee Duties
Section 56.112. Advisory Committee Support and Costs
Section 56.113. Advisory Committee Compensation and Expenses