Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act
Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities

Section 51.006. Municipal Participation in Ratemaking Proceedings - Sec. 51.006. MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IN RATEMAKING PROCEEDINGS. (a) The governing...

Section 51.007. Municipal Standing in Certain Cases - Sec. 51.007. MUNICIPAL STANDING IN CERTAIN CASES. (a) A municipality...

Section 51.008. Judicial Review - Sec. 51.008. JUDICIAL REVIEW. A municipality is entitled to judicial...

Section 51.009. Municipal Fees - Sec. 51.009. MUNICIPAL FEES. (a) Nothing in this title, including...

Section 51.010. Commission Investigation of Sale, Merger, or Certain Other Actions - Sec. 51.010. COMMISSION INVESTIGATION OF SALE, MERGER, OR CERTAIN OTHER...

Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction

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...

Chapter 53 - Rates

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 53.001. Authorization to Establish and Regulate Rates - Sec. 53.001. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE RATES. (a) Except...

Section 53.002. Compliance With Title - Sec. 53.002. COMPLIANCE WITH TITLE. A utility may not charge...

Section 53.003. Just and Reasonable Rates - Sec. 53.003. JUST AND REASONABLE RATES. (a) The commission shall...

Section 53.004. Equality of Rates and Services - Sec. 53.004. EQUALITY OF RATES AND SERVICES. (a) A public...

Section 53.005. Rates for Area Not in Municipality - Sec. 53.005. RATES FOR AREA NOT IN MUNICIPALITY. Without the...

Section 53.006. Burden of Proof - Sec. 53.006. BURDEN OF PROOF. (a) In a proceeding involving...

Section 53.007. Limit on Reconnection Fee - Sec. 53.007. LIMIT ON RECONNECTION FEE. The commission shall establish...

Subchapter B. Computation of Rates

Section 53.051. Establishing Overall Revenues - Sec. 53.051. ESTABLISHING OVERALL REVENUES. In establishing a public utility's...

Section 53.052. Establishing Reasonable Return - Sec. 53.052. ESTABLISHING REASONABLE RETURN. In establishing a reasonable return...

Section 53.053. Components of Invested Capital - Sec. 53.053. COMPONENTS OF INVESTED CAPITAL. (a) Public utility rates...

Section 53.054. Construction Work in Progress - Sec. 53.054. CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS. (a) Construction work in...

Section 53.055. Separations and Allocations - Sec. 53.055. SEPARATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS. Costs of facilities, revenues, expenses,...

Section 53.056. Depreciation, Amortization, and Depletion - Sec. 53.056. DEPRECIATION, AMORTIZATION, AND DEPLETION. (a) The commission shall...

Section 53.057. Net Income; Determination of Revenues and Expenses - Sec. 53.057. NET INCOME; DETERMINATION OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES. (a)...

Section 53.058. Consideration of Payment to Affiliate - Sec. 53.058. CONSIDERATION OF PAYMENT TO AFFILIATE. (a) Except as...

Section 53.059. Treatment of Certain Tax Benefits - Sec. 53.059. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TAX BENEFITS. (a) In determining...

Section 53.060. Computation of Income Tax; Consolidated Return - Sec. 53.060. COMPUTATION OF INCOME TAX; CONSOLIDATED RETURN. (a) Unless...

Section 53.061. Allowance of Certain Expenses - Sec. 53.061. ALLOWANCE OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. (a) The commission may...

Section 53.062. Consideration of Certain Expenses - Sec. 53.062. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN EXPENSES. The commission may not...

Section 53.063. Consideration of Profit or Loss From Sale or Lease of Merchandise - Sec. 53.063. CONSIDERATION OF PROFIT OR LOSS FROM SALE OR...

Section 53.064. Self-Insurance - Sec. 53.064. SELF-INSURANCE. (a) A public utility may self-insure all...

Section 53.065. Interexchange Services; Rates of Incumbent Local Exchange Company - Sec. 53.065. INTEREXCHANGE SERVICES; RATES OF INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY....

Subchapter C. General Procedures for Rate Change Proposed by Utility

Section 53.101. Definition - Sec. 53.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "major change" means an...

Section 53.102. Statement of Intent to Change Rates - Sec. 53.102. STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CHANGE RATES. (a) A...

Section 53.103. Notice of Intent to Change Rates - Sec. 53.103. NOTICE OF INTENT TO CHANGE RATES. (a) The...

Section 53.104. Early Effective Date of Rate Change - Sec. 53.104. EARLY EFFECTIVE DATE OF RATE CHANGE. (a) For...

Section 53.105. Determination of Propriety of Change; Hearing - Sec. 53.105. DETERMINATION OF PROPRIETY OF CHANGE; HEARING. (a) If...

Section 53.106. Regional Hearing - Sec. 53.106. REGIONAL HEARING. The commission shall hold a regional...

Section 53.107. Preference to Hearing - Sec. 53.107. PREFERENCE TO HEARING. The commission shall: (1) give...

Section 53.108. Rate Suspension; Deadline - Sec. 53.108. RATE SUSPENSION; DEADLINE. (a) Pending the hearing and...

Section 53.109. Temporary Rates - Sec. 53.109. TEMPORARY RATES. (a) The commission may establish temporary...

Section 53.110. Bonded Rates - Sec. 53.110. BONDED RATES. (a) A utility may put a...

Section 53.111. Establishment of Final Rates - Sec. 53.111. ESTABLISHMENT OF FINAL RATES. (a) If, after hearing,...

Section 53.112. Expiration of Suspension; Effect on Certain Rates - Sec. 53.112. EXPIRATION OF SUSPENSION; EFFECT ON CERTAIN RATES. (a)...

Section 53.113. Fcc-Approved Tariffs for Switched-Access Service - Sec. 53.113. FCC-APPROVED TARIFFS FOR SWITCHED-ACCESS SERVICE. (a) An incumbent...

Subchapter D. Rate Changes Proposed by Commission

Section 53.151. Unreasonable or Violative Existing Rates - Sec. 53.151. UNREASONABLE OR VIOLATIVE EXISTING RATES. (a) If the...

Section 53.152. Investigating Costs of Obtaining Service From Another Source - Sec. 53.152. INVESTIGATING COSTS OF OBTAINING SERVICE FROM ANOTHER SOURCE....

Subchapter E. Cost Recovery and Rate Adjustments

Section 53.201. Automatic Adjustment for Change in Costs Prohibited - Sec. 53.201. AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGE IN COSTS PROHIBITED. The...

Subchapter F. Regulatory Policy for Small Incumbent Local Exchange Companies and Cooperatives

Section 53.251. General Policy - Sec. 53.251. GENERAL POLICY. Regulatory policy should recognize that: (1)...

Section 53.252. Adoption of Certain Policies - Sec. 53.252. ADOPTION OF CERTAIN POLICIES. Notwithstanding any other provision...

Subchapter G. Special Procedures for Small Local Exchange Companies and Cooperatives

Section 53.301. Definition - Sec. 53.301. DEFINITION. (a) In this subchapter, "minor change" means...

Section 53.302. Applicability - Sec. 53.302. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply to an...

Section 53.303. Provisions Not Exclusive - Sec. 53.303. PROVISIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE. This subchapter does not prohibit:...

Section 53.304. Procedure to Offer Certain Services or Make Minor Changes - Sec. 53.304. PROCEDURE TO OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES OR MAKE MINOR...

Section 53.305. Notice to Affected Customers - Sec. 53.305. NOTICE TO AFFECTED CUSTOMERS. (a) A company shall...

Section 53.306. Commission Review of Proposed Change - Sec. 53.306. COMMISSION REVIEW OF PROPOSED CHANGE. (a) The commission...

Section 53.307. Compliance With Principles; Reduced Rates - Sec. 53.307. COMPLIANCE WITH PRINCIPLES; REDUCED RATES. A rate established...

Section 53.308. Fees and Assessments - Sec. 53.308. FEES AND ASSESSMENTS. The commission may prescribe and...

Subchapter H. Partial Deregulation Available to Certain Cooperative Corporations

Section 53.351. Provisions Not Exclusive - Sec. 53.351. PROVISIONS NOT EXCLUSIVE. (a) This subchapter does not:...

Section 53.352. Partial Deregulation by Ballot - Sec. 53.352. PARTIAL DEREGULATION BY BALLOT. (a) An incumbent local...

Section 53.353. Voting Procedures - Sec. 53.353. VOTING PROCEDURES. The commission by rule shall prescribe...

Section 53.354. Procedure to Offer Certain Services or Make Certain Changes - Sec. 53.354. PROCEDURE TO OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES OR MAKE CERTAIN...

Section 53.355. Statement of Intent - Sec. 53.355. STATEMENT OF INTENT. (a) A cooperative must file...

Section 53.356. Notice to Affected Persons - Sec. 53.356. NOTICE TO AFFECTED PERSONS. (a) The cooperative shall...

Section 53.357. Filing of Affidavits Verifying Notice - Sec. 53.357. FILING OF AFFIDAVITS VERIFYING NOTICE. Not later than...

Section 53.358. Commission Review of Proposed Action - Sec. 53.358. COMMISSION REVIEW OF PROPOSED ACTION. (a) The commission...

Section 53.359. Reversal of Deregulation by Ballot - Sec. 53.359. REVERSAL OF DEREGULATION BY BALLOT. (a) A cooperative...

Chapter 54 - Certificates

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 54.001. Certificate Required - Sec. 54.001. CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. A person may not provide local...

Section 54.002. Exceptions to Certificate Requirement for Service Extension - Sec. 54.002. EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FOR SERVICE EXTENSION. (a)...

Section 54.003. Exceptions to Certificate Requirement for Certain Services - Sec. 54.003. EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN SERVICES. A...

Section 54.004. Relinquishment Plan - Sec. 54.004. RELINQUISHMENT PLAN. A holder of a service provider...

Section 54.005. Notice of and Hearing on Application - Sec. 54.005. NOTICE OF AND HEARING ON APPLICATION. (a) When...

Section 54.006. Request for Preliminary Order - Sec. 54.006. REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY ORDER. (a) A telecommunications utility...

Section 54.007. Flexibility Plan - Sec. 54.007. FLEXIBILITY PLAN. (a) After the commission grants an...

Section 54.008. Revocation or Amendment of Certificate - Sec. 54.008. REVOCATION OR AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The commission...

Subchapter B. Certificate of Convenience and Necessity

Section 54.051. Definition - Sec. 54.051. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "certificate" means a certificate...

Section 54.052. Certificate Required for Public Utility - Sec. 54.052. CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC UTILITY. (a) A public...

Section 54.053. Application for Certificate - Sec. 54.053. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE. (a) A public utility that...

Section 54.054. Grant or Denial of Certificate - Sec. 54.054. GRANT OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The commission...

Subchapter C. Certificate of Operating Authority

Section 54.101. Definition - Sec. 54.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "certificate" means a certificate...

Section 54.102. Application for Certificate - Sec. 54.102. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE. (a) A person may apply...

Section 54.103. Grant or Denial of Certificate - Sec. 54.103. GRANT OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The commission...

Section 54.104. Time of Service Requirements - Sec. 54.104. TIME OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission by...

Section 54.105. Penalty for Violation of Title - Sec. 54.105. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF TITLE. If a certificate...

Subchapter D. Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority

Section 54.151. Definition - Sec. 54.151. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "certificate" means a service...

Section 54.152. Limitation on Grant of Certificate - Sec. 54.152. LIMITATION ON GRANT OF CERTIFICATE. The commission may...

Section 54.153. Eligibility for Certificate - Sec. 54.153. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTIFICATE. (a) A company is not...

Section 54.154. Application for Certificate - Sec. 54.154. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE. (a) The commission may grant...

Section 54.155. Grant or Denial of Certificate - Sec. 54.155. GRANT OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The commission...

Section 54.156. Resale of Services - Sec. 54.156. RESALE OF SERVICES. (a) A certificate holder may...

Section 54.157. Optional Extended Area Service or Expanded Local Calling Service - Sec. 54.157. OPTIONAL EXTENDED AREA SERVICE OR EXPANDED LOCAL CALLING...

Section 54.158. Interference With Resold Services Prohibited - Sec. 54.158. INTERFERENCE WITH RESOLD SERVICES PROHIBITED. An incumbent local...

Section 54.159. Retention of Access Service and Intralata Toll Service - Sec. 54.159. RETENTION OF ACCESS SERVICE AND INTRALATA TOLL SERVICE....

Subchapter E. Municipalities

Section 54.201. Certification Prohibited - Sec. 54.201. CERTIFICATION PROHIBITED. The commission may not grant to...

Section 54.202. Prohibited Municipal Services - Sec. 54.202. PROHIBITED MUNICIPAL SERVICES. (a) A municipality or municipal...

Section 54.2025. Lease of Fiber Optic Cable Facilities - Sec. 54.2025. LEASE OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE FACILITIES. Nothing in...

Section 54.203. Service in Annexed or Incorporated Area - Sec. 54.203. SERVICE IN ANNEXED OR INCORPORATED AREA. (a) If...

Section 54.204. Discrimination by Municipality Prohibited - Sec. 54.204. DISCRIMINATION BY MUNICIPALITY PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding Section 14.008,...

Section 54.205. Municipality's Right to Control Access - Sec. 54.205. MUNICIPALITY'S RIGHT TO CONTROL ACCESS. This title does...

Section 54.206. Recovery of Municipal Fee - Sec. 54.206. RECOVERY OF MUNICIPAL FEE. (a) A holder of...

Subchapter F. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities

Section 54.251. Provision of Service - Sec. 54.251. PROVISION OF SERVICE. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 54.252. Grounds for Reduction of Service by Holder of Certificate of Convenience and Necessity - Sec. 54.252. GROUNDS FOR REDUCTION OF SERVICE BY HOLDER OF...

Section 54.253. Discontinuation of Service by Certain Certificate Holders - Sec. 54.253. DISCONTINUATION OF SERVICE BY CERTAIN CERTIFICATE HOLDERS. (a)...

Section 54.254. Required Refusal of Service - Sec. 54.254. REQUIRED REFUSAL OF SERVICE. A holder of a...

Section 54.255. Transfer of Certain Certificates - Sec. 54.255. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CERTIFICATES. (a) A telecommunications utility...

Section 54.256. Application of Contracts - Sec. 54.256. APPLICATION OF CONTRACTS. A contract approved by the...

Section 54.257. Interference With Another Telecommunications Utility - Sec. 54.257. INTERFERENCE WITH ANOTHER TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY. If a telecommunications...

Section 54.258. Maps - Sec. 54.258. MAPS. A public utility shall file with the...

Section 54.259. Discrimination by Property Owner Prohibited - Sec. 54.259. DISCRIMINATION BY PROPERTY OWNER PROHIBITED. (a) If a...

Section 54.260. Property Owner's Conditions - Sec. 54.260. PROPERTY OWNER'S CONDITIONS. (a) Notwithstanding Section 54.259, if...

Section 54.261. Shared Tenant Services Contract - Sec. 54.261. SHARED TENANT SERVICES CONTRACT. Sections 54.259 and 54.260...

Subchapter G. Provider of Last Resort

Section 54.301. Definitions - Sec. 54.301. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Exiting utility" means...

Section 54.3015. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 54.3015. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to a...

Section 54.302. Provider of Last Resort; Facilities-Based Providers - Sec. 54.302. PROVIDER OF LAST RESORT; FACILITIES-BASED PROVIDERS. (a) Notwithstanding...

Section 54.303. Successor Telecommunications Utility When No Sufficient Facilities Exist - Sec. 54.303. SUCCESSOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY WHEN NO SUFFICIENT FACILITIES EXIST....

Section 54.304. Abandonment or Cessation by Facilities-Based Provider; Emergency Restoration - Sec. 54.304. ABANDONMENT OR CESSATION BY FACILITIES-BASED PROVIDER; EMERGENCY RESTORATION....

Section 54.305. Commission Participation in Bankruptcy Proceedings - Sec. 54.305. COMMISSION PARTICIPATION IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. (a) The commission,...

Chapter 55 - Regulation of Telecommunications Services

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 55.001. General Standard - Sec. 55.001. GENERAL STANDARD. A public utility shall furnish service,...

Section 55.002. Commission Authority Concerning Standards - Sec. 55.002. COMMISSION AUTHORITY CONCERNING STANDARDS. The commission, on its...

Section 55.003. Rule or Standard - Sec. 55.003. RULE OR STANDARD. (a) A public utility may...

Section 55.004. Local Exchange Company Rule or Practice Change - Sec. 55.004. LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY RULE OR PRACTICE CHANGE. (a)...

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...

Chapter 56 - Telecommunications Assistance and Universal Service Fund

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 56.001. Definitions - Sec. 56.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the...

Section 56.002. Conflict of Provisions - Sec. 56.002. CONFLICT OF PROVISIONS. If this chapter conflicts with...

Subchapter B. Universal Service Fund

Section 56.021. Universal Service Fund Established - Sec. 56.021. UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND ESTABLISHED. The commission shall adopt...

Section 56.022. Uniform Charge - Sec. 56.022. UNIFORM CHARGE. (a) The universal service fund is...

Section 56.023. Commission Powers and Duties - Sec. 56.023. COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The commission shall:...

Section 56.024. Reports; Confidentiality - Sec. 56.024. REPORTS; CONFIDENTIALITY. (a) The commission may require a...

Section 56.025. Maintenance of Rates and Expansion of Fund for Certain Companies - Sec. 56.025. MAINTENANCE OF RATES AND EXPANSION OF FUND FOR...

Section 56.026. Prompt and Efficient Disbursements - Sec. 56.026. PROMPT AND EFFICIENT DISBURSEMENTS. The commission shall make...

Section 56.028. Universal Service Fund Reimbursement for Certain Intralata Service - Sec. 56.028. UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN INTRALATA SERVICE....

Section 56.030. Affidavits of Compliance - Sec. 56.030. AFFIDAVITS OF COMPLIANCE. On or before September 1...

Section 56.031. Adjustments: Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan - Sec. 56.031. ADJUSTMENTS: TEXAS HIGH COST UNIVERSAL SERVICE PLAN. The...

Section 56.032. Adjustments: Small and Rural Incumbent Local Exchange Company Universal Service Plan - Sec. 56.032. ADJUSTMENTS: SMALL AND RURAL INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY...

Section 56.033. Support Available to Deregulated Markets - Sec. 56.033. SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO DEREGULATED MARKETS. (a) An incumbent...

Subchapter D. Statewide Telecommunications Relay Access Service

Section 56.101. Purpose - Sec. 56.101. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to...

Section 56.102. Telecommunications Relay Access Service - Sec. 56.102. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE. (a) The commission shall...

Section 56.103. Telecommunications Relay Access Service Requirements - Sec. 56.103. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. (a) The telecommunications...

Section 56.104. Telecommunications Relay Access Service Charges - Sec. 56.104. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CHARGES. (a) For a...

Section 56.105. Trial Service Costs and Design Information - Sec. 56.105. TRIAL SERVICE COSTS AND DESIGN INFORMATION. If the...

Section 56.106. Telecommunications Relay Access Service Assessments - Sec. 56.106. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE ASSESSMENTS. (a) The commission...

Section 56.107. Universal Service Fund Surcharge - Sec. 56.107. UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND SURCHARGE. (a) A telecommunications utility...

Section 56.108. Selection of Telecommunications Relay Access Service Carrier - Sec. 56.108. SELECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CARRIER. (a)...

Section 56.1085. Special Features for Relay Access Service - Sec. 56.1085. SPECIAL FEATURES FOR RELAY ACCESS SERVICE. (a) The...

Section 56.109. Compensation of Carrier - Sec. 56.109. COMPENSATION OF CARRIER. (a) The telecommunications carrier selected...

Section 56.110. Advisory Committee - Sec. 56.110. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) An advisory committee to assist...

Section 56.111. Advisory Committee Duties - Sec. 56.111. ADVISORY COMMITTEE DUTIES. The advisory committee shall: (1)...

Section 56.112. Advisory Committee Support and Costs - Sec. 56.112. ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUPPORT AND COSTS. (a) The commission...

Section 56.113. Advisory Committee Compensation and Expenses - Sec. 56.113. ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES. A member of...

Subchapter E. Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program

Section 56.151. Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program - Sec. 56.151. SPECIALIZED TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. (a) The executive commissioner,...

Section 56.152. Eligibility - Sec. 56.152. ELIGIBILITY. The executive commissioner, after consulting with the...

Section 56.153. Vouchers - Sec. 56.153. VOUCHERS. (a) The department shall determine a reasonable...

Section 56.154. Department Duties - Sec. 56.154. DEPARTMENT DUTIES. (a) Not later than the 45th...

Section 56.155. Recovery of Specialized Telecommunications Device Assistance Program Surcharge - Sec. 56.155. RECOVERY OF SPECIALIZED TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SURCHARGE....

Section 56.156. Promotion of Program - Sec. 56.156. PROMOTION OF PROGRAM. The department may promote the...

Subchapter F. Service to Uncertificated Area

Section 56.201. Definition - Sec. 56.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "permanent residential or business...

Section 56.202. Designation of Provider - Sec. 56.202. DESIGNATION OF PROVIDER. (a) Notwithstanding Section 54.001, the...

Section 56.203. Petition for Service - Sec. 56.203. PETITION FOR SERVICE. Persons residing in permanent residential...

Section 56.204. Contents of Petition - Sec. 56.204. CONTENTS OF PETITION. (a) A petition for designation...

Section 56.205. Hearing - Sec. 56.205. HEARING. If the commission finds that the petition...

Section 56.206. Denial of Petition - Sec. 56.206. DENIAL OF PETITION. The commission shall deny a...

Section 56.207. Order - Sec. 56.207. ORDER. In any order granting a petition, the...

Section 56.208. Designation of Provider - Sec. 56.208. DESIGNATION OF PROVIDER. (a) In determining which nominated...

Section 56.209. Recovery of Costs - Sec. 56.209. RECOVERY OF COSTS. (a) If, after a hearing,...

Section 56.210. Aid to Construction Charge; Contract for Services - Sec. 56.210. AID TO CONSTRUCTION CHARGE; CONTRACT FOR SERVICES. The...

Section 56.211. Permanent Premises Required - Sec. 56.211. PERMANENT PREMISES REQUIRED. A telecommunications provider may not...

Section 56.212. Subsequent Related Petitions - Sec. 56.212. SUBSEQUENT RELATED PETITIONS. (a) If the commission approves...

Section 56.213. Preferred Provider - Sec. 56.213. PREFERRED PROVIDER. (a) A provider who is designated...

Subchapter G. Funding for Certain Telecommunications Utilities

Section 56.251. Definition - Sec. 56.251. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "successor utility" has the...

Section 56.252. Telecommunications Utilities Eligible to Receive Funding Under This Subchapter - Sec. 56.252. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING UNDER THIS...

Section 56.253. Determination of Successor Utility's Costs to Be Recovered - Sec. 56.253. DETERMINATION OF SUCCESSOR UTILITY'S COSTS TO BE RECOVERED....

Section 56.254. Recovery of Costs - Sec. 56.254. RECOVERY OF COSTS. The commission order designating the...

Subchapter H. Audio Newspaper Program

Section 56.301. Audio Newspaper Assistance Program - Sec. 56.301. AUDIO NEWSPAPER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. The commission by rule...

Chapter 57 - Distance Learning and Other Advanced Services

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 57.001. Conflict of Provisions - Sec. 57.001. CONFLICT OF PROVISIONS. If this chapter conflicts with...

Subchapter B. Distance Learning and Information Sharing

Section 57.021. Definitions - Sec. 57.021. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Distance learning" means...

Section 57.022. Reduced Rates for Distance Learning or Information Sharing Services - Sec. 57.022. REDUCED RATES FOR DISTANCE LEARNING OR INFORMATION SHARING...

Section 57.023. Service and Rate Requirements - Sec. 57.023. SERVICE AND RATE REQUIREMENTS. The services and reduced...

Section 57.024. Tariff Filings - Sec. 57.024. TARIFF FILINGS. A tariff filed by a dominant...

Section 57.025. Changes in Rate Program - Sec. 57.025. CHANGES IN RATE PROGRAM. (a) An educational institution,...

Subchapter D. Interactive Multimedia Communications

Section 57.071. Definition - Sec. 57.071. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "interactive multimedia communications" means...

Section 57.072. Rates for Interactive Multimedia Communications - Sec. 57.072. RATES FOR INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS. (a) The commission...

Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 58.001. Policy - Sec. 58.001. POLICY. Considering the status of competition in the...

Section 58.002. Definition - Sec. 58.002. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "electing company" means an...

Section 58.003. Customer-Specific Contracts - Sec. 58.003. CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC CONTRACTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of...

Section 58.004. Packaging, Term and Volume Discounts, and Promotional Offerings - Sec. 58.004. PACKAGING, TERM AND VOLUME DISCOUNTS, AND PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS....

Subchapter B. Election of Incentive Regulation

Section 58.021. Election - Sec. 58.021. ELECTION. (a) An incumbent local exchange company may...

Section 58.022. Chapter Controls - Sec. 58.022. CHAPTER CONTROLS. This chapter governs the regulation of...

Section 58.023. Service Classification - Sec. 58.023. SERVICE CLASSIFICATION. On election, the services provided by...

Section 58.024. Service Reclassification - Sec. 58.024. SERVICE RECLASSIFICATION. (a) The commission may reclassify a...

Section 58.025. Complaint or Hearing - Sec. 58.025. COMPLAINT OR HEARING. (a) An electing company is...

Section 58.026. Consumer Complaints Regarding Tariffs - Sec. 58.026. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING TARIFFS. (a) This chapter does...

Section 58.027. Consumer Complaints Regarding Services; Enforcement of Standards - Sec. 58.027. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING SERVICES; ENFORCEMENT OF STANDARDS. This...

Subchapter C. Basic Network Services

Section 58.051. Services Included - Sec. 58.051. SERVICES INCLUDED. (a) Unless reclassified under Section 58.024,...

Section 58.052. Regulation of Services - Sec. 58.052. REGULATION OF SERVICES. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 58.053. Investment Limitation on Service Standards - Sec. 58.053. INVESTMENT LIMITATION ON SERVICE STANDARDS. (a) The commission...

Section 58.054. Rates Capped - Sec. 58.054. RATES CAPPED. (a) As a condition of election...

Section 58.055. Rate Adjustment by Company - Sec. 58.055. RATE ADJUSTMENT BY COMPANY. (a) An electing company...

Section 58.056. Rate Adjustment for Changes in Fcc Separations - Sec. 58.056. RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR CHANGES IN FCC SEPARATIONS. The...

Section 58.057. Rate Adjustment for Certain Companies - Sec. 58.057. RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN COMPANIES. (a) An electing...

Section 58.058. Rate Group Reclassification - Sec. 58.058. RATE GROUP RECLASSIFICATION. Notwithstanding Subchapter B, the commission,...

Section 58.059. Commission Rate Adjustment Procedure - Sec. 58.059. COMMISSION RATE ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE. (a) In accordance with...

Section 58.060. Rate Adjustment After Cap Expiration - Sec. 58.060. RATE ADJUSTMENT AFTER CAP EXPIRATION. After the expiration...

Section 58.061. Effect on Certain Charges - Sec. 58.061. EFFECT ON CERTAIN CHARGES. This subchapter does not...

Section 58.063. Pricing and Packaging Flexibility - Sec. 58.063. PRICING AND PACKAGING FLEXIBILITY. (a) Notwithstanding Section 58.052(b)...

Subchapter E. Nonbasic Services

Section 58.151. Services Included - Sec. 58.151. SERVICES INCLUDED. The following services are classified as...

Section 58.152. Prices - Sec. 58.152. PRICES. (a) An electing company may set the...

Section 58.153. New Services - Sec. 58.153. NEW SERVICES. (a) Subject to the pricing conditions...

Section 58.156. Regulation of Services - Sec. 58.156. REGULATION OF SERVICES. Sections 55.001, 55.002, 55.003, and...

Subchapter F. General Infrastructure Commitment

Section 58.201. Statement of State Goal - Sec. 58.201. STATEMENT OF STATE GOAL. (a) It is the...

Section 58.202. Policy Goals for Implementation - Sec. 58.202. POLICY GOALS FOR IMPLEMENTATION. In implementing this subchapter,...

Section 58.203. Infrastructure Goals of All Electing Companies - Sec. 58.203. INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS OF ALL ELECTING COMPANIES. (a) Recognizing...

Section 58.204. Additional Infrastructure Commitment of Certain Companies - Sec. 58.204. ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITMENT OF CERTAIN COMPANIES. (a) Not...

Section 58.205. Extension or Waiver of Infrastructure Requirements - Sec. 58.205. EXTENSION OR WAIVER OF INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS. (a) For...

Section 58.206. Implementation Costs; Increase in Rates and Universal Service Funds - Sec. 58.206. IMPLEMENTATION COSTS; INCREASE IN RATES AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE...

Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities

Section 58.251. Intent and Goal of Subchapter - Sec. 58.251. INTENT AND GOAL OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) It is...

Section 58.252. Definitions - Sec. 58.252. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Educational institution" has...

Section 58.253. Private Network Services for Certain Entities - Sec. 58.253. PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES FOR CERTAIN ENTITIES. (a) On...

Section 58.254. Priorities - Sec. 58.254. PRIORITIES. An electing company shall give priority to...

Section 58.255. Contracts for Private Network Services - Sec. 58.255. CONTRACTS FOR PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES. (a) An electing...

Section 58.256. Preferred Rate Treatment Warranted - Sec. 58.256. PREFERRED RATE TREATMENT WARRANTED. An entity described by...

Section 58.257. Election of Rate Treatment - Sec. 58.257. ELECTION OF RATE TREATMENT. An educational institution or...

Section 58.258. Private Network Services Rates and Tariffs - Sec. 58.258. PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES RATES AND TARIFFS. (a) Notwithstanding...

Section 58.259. Tariff Rate for Certain Intralata Service - Sec. 58.259. TARIFF RATE FOR CERTAIN INTRALATA SERVICE. (a) An...

Section 58.260. Point-to-Point 45 Megabits a Second Intralata Service - Sec. 58.260. POINT-TO-POINT 45 MEGABITS A SECOND INTRALATA SERVICE. (a)...

Section 58.261. Broadband Digital Special Access Service - Sec. 58.261. BROADBAND DIGITAL SPECIAL ACCESS SERVICE. (a) An electing...

Section 58.262. Expanded Interconnection - Sec. 58.262. EXPANDED INTERCONNECTION. (a) On request of an entity...

Section 58.263. Internet Access - Sec. 58.263. INTERNET ACCESS. (a) This section applies only to...

Section 58.264. Complaints Limited - Sec. 58.264. COMPLAINTS LIMITED. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of...

Section 58.265. Interconnection of Network Services - Sec. 58.265. INTERCONNECTION OF NETWORK SERVICES. The private network services...

Section 58.266. Sharing or Resale of Network Services - Sec. 58.266. SHARING OR RESALE OF NETWORK SERVICES. (a) A...

Section 58.267. Implementation Costs; Increase in Rates and Universal Service Funds - Sec. 58.267. IMPLEMENTATION COSTS; INCREASE IN RATES AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE...

Section 58.268. Continuation of Obligation - Sec. 58.268. CONTINUATION OF OBLIGATION. Notwithstanding any other provision of...

Subchapter H. Switched Access Services

Section 58.301. Switched Access Rate Reduction - Sec. 58.301. SWITCHED ACCESS RATE REDUCTION. An electing company with...

Section 58.302. Switched Access Rate Cap - Sec. 58.302. SWITCHED ACCESS RATE CAP. (a) An electing company...

Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 59.001. Policy - Sec. 59.001. POLICY. It is the policy of this state...

Section 59.002. Definitions - Sec. 59.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Electing company" means...

Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives

Section 59.021. Election - Sec. 59.021. ELECTION. (a) An incumbent local exchange company may...

Section 59.022. Withdrawal of Election - Sec. 59.022. WITHDRAWAL OF ELECTION. (a) The commission may allow...

Section 59.023. Election Under Chapter 58 - Sec. 59.023. ELECTION UNDER CHAPTER 58. (a) This chapter does...

Section 59.024. Rate Changes - Sec. 59.024. RATE CHANGES. (a) Except for the charges permitted...

Section 59.025. Switched Access Rates - Sec. 59.025. SWITCHED ACCESS RATES. Notwithstanding any other provision of...

Section 59.026. Complaint or Hearing - Sec. 59.026. COMPLAINT OR HEARING. (a) On or before the...

Section 59.027. Consumer Complaints Regarding Tariffs - Sec. 59.027. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING TARIFFS. (a) This chapter does...

Section 59.028. Consumer Complaints Regarding Services; Enforcement of Standards - Sec. 59.028. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING SERVICES; ENFORCEMENT OF STANDARDS. This...

Section 59.029. Investment Limitation on Service Standards - Sec. 59.029. INVESTMENT LIMITATION ON SERVICE STANDARDS. (a) The commission...

Section 59.030. New Services - Sec. 59.030. NEW SERVICES. (a) An electing company may introduce...

Section 59.031. Pricing and Packaging Flexibility - Sec. 59.031. PRICING AND PACKAGING FLEXIBILITY. (a) Notwithstanding Section 59.027(b)...

Section 59.032. Customer Promotional Offerings - Sec. 59.032. CUSTOMER PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS. (a) An electing company may...

Subchapter C. Infrastructure Commitment and Goals

Section 59.051. Infrastructure Commitment - Sec. 59.051. INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITMENT. (a) An electing company shall commit...

Section 59.052. Infrastructure Goals - Sec. 59.052. INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS. (a) The commission shall ensure that...

Section 59.053. Waiver of Infrastructure Requirements - Sec. 59.053. WAIVER OF INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS. (a) For an electing...

Section 59.054. Progress Report - Sec. 59.054. PROGRESS REPORT. (a) On each anniversary of the...

Section 59.055. Implementation Costs; Increase in Rates and Universal Service Funds - Sec. 59.055. IMPLEMENTATION COSTS; INCREASE IN RATES AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE...

Subchapter D. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities

Section 59.071. Definitions - Sec. 59.071. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Educational institution" has...

Section 59.072. Private Network Services for Certain Entities - Sec. 59.072. PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES FOR CERTAIN ENTITIES. (a) On...

Section 59.073. Investment Priorities - Sec. 59.073. INVESTMENT PRIORITIES. An electing company shall give investment...

Section 59.074. Contracts for Private Network Services - Sec. 59.074. CONTRACTS FOR PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES. (a) An electing...

Section 59.075. Preferred Rate Treatment Warranted - Sec. 59.075. PREFERRED RATE TREATMENT WARRANTED. The classes of customers...

Section 59.076. Election of Rate Treatment - Sec. 59.076. ELECTION OF RATE TREATMENT. An educational institution or...

Section 59.077. Private Network Services Rates and Tariffs - Sec. 59.077. PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES RATES AND TARIFFS. (a) Notwithstanding...

Section 59.078. Private Line or Special Access Rates - Sec. 59.078. PRIVATE LINE OR SPECIAL ACCESS RATES. (a) On...

Section 59.079. Complaints Limited - Sec. 59.079. COMPLAINTS LIMITED. Notwithstanding any other provision of this...

Section 59.080. Interconnection of Network Services - Sec. 59.080. INTERCONNECTION OF NETWORK SERVICES. The private network services...

Section 59.081. Sharing or Resale of Network Services - Sec. 59.081. SHARING OR RESALE OF NETWORK SERVICES. (a) A...

Section 59.082. Implementation Costs; Increase in Rates and Universal Service Funds - Sec. 59.082. IMPLEMENTATION COSTS; INCREASE IN RATES AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE...

Section 59.083. Continuation of Obligation - Sec. 59.083. CONTINUATION OF OBLIGATION. Notwithstanding any other provision of...

Chapter 60 - Competitive Safeguards

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 60.001. Fair Competition - Sec. 60.001. FAIR COMPETITION. To the extent necessary to ensure...

Section 60.002. Exclusive Jurisdiction; Enforcement - Sec. 60.002. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION; ENFORCEMENT. (a) The commission has exclusive...

Section 60.003. Commission Authority - Sec. 60.003. COMMISSION AUTHORITY. (a) The commission may: (1) establish...

Section 60.004. Applicability to Certain Smaller Incumbent Local Exchange Companies; Rules - Sec. 60.004. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN SMALLER INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANIES;...

Section 60.005. Applicability to Certain Larger Incumbent Local Exchange Companies; Rules - Sec. 60.005. APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN LARGER INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANIES;...

Section 60.006. Bulletin Board Systems Unaffected - Sec. 60.006. BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEMS UNAFFECTED. This subtitle does not:...

Subchapter B. Unbundling

Section 60.021. Minimum Unbundling Requirement - Sec. 60.021. MINIMUM UNBUNDLING REQUIREMENT. At a minimum, an incumbent...

Section 60.022. Commission Unbundling Orders - Sec. 60.022. COMMISSION UNBUNDLING ORDERS. (a) The commission may adopt...

Section 60.023. Assignment of Unbundled Component to Category of Service - Sec. 60.023. ASSIGNMENT OF UNBUNDLED COMPONENT TO CATEGORY OF SERVICE....

Subchapter C. Resale

Section 60.041. Loop Resale Tariff - Sec. 60.041. LOOP RESALE TARIFF. (a) An incumbent local exchange...

Section 60.042. Prohibited Resale or Sharing - Sec. 60.042. PROHIBITED RESALE OR SHARING. (a) A provider of...

Section 60.043. Resale Obligation - Sec. 60.043. RESALE OBLIGATION. A holder of a certificate of...

Section 60.044. Elimination of Resale Prohibitions - Sec. 60.044. ELIMINATION OF RESALE PROHIBITIONS. (a) Except as provided...

Section 60.045. Resale or Sharing Arrangements Unaffected - Sec. 60.045. RESALE OR SHARING ARRANGEMENTS UNAFFECTED. This subchapter does...

Subchapter D. Imputation

Section 60.061. Rules - Sec. 60.061. RULES. (a) The commission shall adopt rules governing...

Section 60.062. Exception for Capped Price - Sec. 60.062. EXCEPTION FOR CAPPED PRICE. The commission may not...

Section 60.063. Imputation for Switched Access - Sec. 60.063. IMPUTATION FOR SWITCHED ACCESS. The commission shall impute...

Section 60.064. Recovery of Cost of Providing Service - Sec. 60.064. RECOVERY OF COST OF PROVIDING SERVICE. (a) An...

Section 60.065. Waivers - Sec. 60.065. WAIVERS. If the commission determines that a waiver...

Subchapter E. Telecommunications Number Portability

Section 60.081. Definition - Sec. 60.081. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "telecommunications number portability" means...

Section 60.082. Portability Guidelines - Sec. 60.082. PORTABILITY GUIDELINES. (a) Because a uniform national number...

Section 60.083. Interim Retention of Consumer Numbers - Sec. 60.083. INTERIM RETENTION OF CONSUMER NUMBERS. As an interim...

Section 60.084. Rates for Interim Portability Measures - Sec. 60.084. RATES FOR INTERIM PORTABILITY MEASURES. (a) An incumbent...

Subchapter F. Pricing

Section 60.101. Pricing Rule - Sec. 60.101. PRICING RULE. (a) The commission shall adopt a...

Section 60.102. Adoption of Cost Studies by Certain Companies - Sec. 60.102. ADOPTION OF COST STUDIES BY CERTAIN COMPANIES. The...

Subchapter G. Interconnection

Section 60.121. Definition - Sec. 60.121. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "interconnection" means, for calls...

Section 60.122. Exclusive Jurisdiction - Sec. 60.122. EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION. The commission has exclusive jurisdiction to...

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Texas Statutes Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities

Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act
Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities