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Section 60.123. Inapplicability of Subchapter - Sec. 60.123. INAPPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter does not apply...
Section 60.124. Interoperable Networks Required - Sec. 60.124. INTEROPERABLE NETWORKS REQUIRED. (a) The commission shall require...
Section 60.125. Determination of Interconnection Rates - Sec. 60.125. DETERMINATION OF INTERCONNECTION RATES. (a) Telecommunications providers shall...
Section 60.126. Interconnectivity Negotiations; Dispute Resolution - Sec. 60.126. INTERCONNECTIVITY NEGOTIATIONS; DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The commission may resolve...
Section 60.127. Adoption of Approved Interconnection Rates - Sec. 60.127. ADOPTION OF APPROVED INTERCONNECTION RATES. (a) An incumbent...
Section 60.128. Use of Rates Restricted - Sec. 60.128. USE OF RATES RESTRICTED. The commission may not...
Subchapter H. Expanded Interconnection
Section 60.141. Expanded Interconnection Rules - Sec. 60.141. EXPANDED INTERCONNECTION RULES. The commission shall adopt rules...
Subchapter I. Local Exchange Company Requirements
Section 60.161. Incumbent Local Exchange Company Requirements - Sec. 60.161. INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY REQUIREMENTS. An incumbent local...
Section 60.162. Expanded Interconnection - Sec. 60.162. EXPANDED INTERCONNECTION. This subchapter does not require an...
Section 60.163. Infrastructure Sharing - Sec. 60.163. INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING. (a) The commission shall adopt rules...
Section 60.164. Permissible Joint Marketing - Sec. 60.164. PERMISSIBLE JOINT MARKETING. Except as prescribed in Chapters...
Section 60.165. Affiliate Rule - Sec. 60.165. AFFILIATE RULE. Except as prescribed in Chapters 61,...
Subchapter J. Wholesale Code of Conduct
Section 60.201. Statement of Policy - Sec. 60.201. STATEMENT OF POLICY. It is the policy of...
Section 60.202. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 60.202. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. A provision of this subchapter...
Section 60.203. Minimum Service Requirements - Sec. 60.203. MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. A telecommunications provider may not...
Section 60.204. Interconnection - Sec. 60.204. INTERCONNECTION. A telecommunications provider shall provide interconnection with...
Section 60.205. Number Portability - Sec. 60.205. NUMBER PORTABILITY. A telecommunications provider shall provide number...
Section 60.206. Duty to Negotiate - Sec. 60.206. DUTY TO NEGOTIATE. A telecommunications provider shall negotiate...
Section 60.207. Dialing Parity - Sec. 60.207. DIALING PARITY. (a) A telecommunications provider shall provide...
Section 60.208. Access to Rights-of-Way - Sec. 60.208. ACCESS TO RIGHTS-OF-WAY. A telecommunications provider shall provide...
Section 60.209. Reciprocal Compensation - Sec. 60.209. RECIPROCAL COMPENSATION. A telecommunications provider shall establish reciprocal...
Section 60.210. Access to Services - Sec. 60.210. ACCESS TO SERVICES. A telecommunications provider shall provide...
Chapter 62 - Broadcaster Safeguards
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 62.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 62.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply...
Section 62.002. Definitions - Sec. 62.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Audio programming": (A)...
Section 62.003. Requirements Relating to Audio and Video Programming - Sec. 62.003. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AUDIO AND VIDEO PROGRAMMING. (a)...
Chapter 64 - Customer Protection
Section 64.001. Customer Protection Policy - Sec. 64.001. CUSTOMER PROTECTION POLICY. (a) The legislature finds that...
Section 64.002. Definitions - Sec. 64.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Billing agent" means...
Section 64.004. Customer Protection Standards - Sec. 64.004. CUSTOMER PROTECTION STANDARDS. (a) All buyers of telecommunications...
Subchapter B. Certification, Registration, and Reporting Requirements
Section 64.051. Adoption of Rules - Sec. 64.051. ADOPTION OF RULES. (a) The commission shall adopt...
Section 64.052. Scope of Rules - Sec. 64.052. SCOPE OF RULES. The commission may adopt and...
Section 64.053. Reports - Sec. 64.053. REPORTS. The commission may require a telecommunications service...
Subchapter C. Customer's Right to Choice
Section 64.101. Policy - Sec. 64.101. POLICY. It is the policy of this state...
Section 64.102. Rules Relating to Choice - Sec. 64.102. RULES RELATING TO CHOICE. The commission shall adopt...
Subchapter D. Protection Against Unauthorized Charges
Section 64.151. Requirements for Submitting Charges - Sec. 64.151. REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBMITTING CHARGES. (a) A service provider...
Section 64.152. Responsibilities of Billing Utility - Sec. 64.152. RESPONSIBILITIES OF BILLING UTILITY. (a) If a customer's...
Section 64.153. Records of Disputed Charges - Sec. 64.153. RECORDS OF DISPUTED CHARGES. (a) Every service provider...
Section 64.154. Notice - Sec. 64.154. NOTICE. (a) A billing utility shall provide notice...
Section 64.155. Providing Copy of Records - Sec. 64.155. PROVIDING COPY OF RECORDS. A billing utility shall...
Section 64.156. Violations - Sec. 64.156. VIOLATIONS. (a) If the commission finds that a...
Section 64.157. Disputes - Sec. 64.157. DISPUTES. (a) The commission may resolve disputes between...
Section 64.158. Consistency With Federal Law - Sec. 64.158. CONSISTENCY WITH FEDERAL LAW. Rules adopted by the...
Subchapter E. Publication of Mobile Service Customer Telephone Numbers
Section 64.201. Definition - Sec. 64.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "commercial mobile service provider"...
Section 64.202. Consent Required - Sec. 64.202. CONSENT REQUIRED. (a) A commercial mobile service provider...
Section 64.203. Violations - Sec. 64.203. VIOLATIONS. (a) The attorney general may investigate violations...
Chapter 65 - Deregulation of Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets
Section 65.001. Statement of Policy - Sec. 65.001. STATEMENT OF POLICY. It is the policy of...
Section 65.002. Definitions - Sec. 65.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Deregulated company" means...
Section 65.003. Commission Authority - Sec. 65.003. COMMISSION AUTHORITY. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of...
Section 65.004. Information - Sec. 65.004. INFORMATION. (a) The commission may collect and compile...
Section 65.005. Customer Protection - Sec. 65.005. CUSTOMER PROTECTION. This chapter does not affect a...
Subchapter B. Determination of Whether Market Should Be Regulated
Section 65.051. Markets Deregulated - Sec. 65.051. MARKETS DEREGULATED. A market that is deregulated as...
Section 65.052. Determination of Whether a Market Should Remain Regulated - Sec. 65.052. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A MARKET SHOULD REMAIN REGULATED....
Section 65.053. Incumbent Local Exchange Company Markets - Sec. 65.053. INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANY MARKETS. (a) Notwithstanding Section...
Subchapter C. Deregulated Company
Section 65.101. Issuance of Certificate of Operating Authority - Sec. 65.101. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OPERATING AUTHORITY. (a) A...
Section 65.102. Requirements - Sec. 65.102. REQUIREMENTS. (a) A deregulated company that holds a...
Subchapter D. Transitioning Company
Section 65.151. Provisions Applicable to Transitioning Company - Sec. 65.151. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TRANSITIONING COMPANY. (a) Except as...
Section 65.152. General Requirements - Sec. 65.152. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) A transitioning company may: (1)...
Section 65.153. Rate Requirements - Sec. 65.153. RATE REQUIREMENTS. (a) In a market that remains...
Section 65.154. Rate and Price Requirements Not Applicable - Sec. 65.154. RATE AND PRICE REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE. (a) A...
Section 65.155. Complaint by Affected Person - Sec. 65.155. COMPLAINT BY AFFECTED PERSON. (a) An affected person...
Subchapter E. Reduction of Switched Access Rates
Section 65.201. Reduction of Switched Access Rates by Deregulated Company - Sec. 65.201. REDUCTION OF SWITCHED ACCESS RATES BY DEREGULATED COMPANY....
Section 65.202. Reduction of Switched Access Rates by Transitioning Company With More Than Three Million Access Lines - Sec. 65.202. REDUCTION OF SWITCHED ACCESS RATES BY TRANSITIONING COMPANY...
Section 65.203. Reduction of Switched Access Rates by Certain Transitioning Companies With Not More Than Three Million Access Lines - Sec. 65.203. REDUCTION OF SWITCHED ACCESS RATES BY CERTAIN TRANSITIONING...
Section 65.204. Reduction of Switched Access Rates by Newly Designated Transitioning Company - Sec. 65.204. REDUCTION OF SWITCHED ACCESS RATES BY NEWLY DESIGNATED...
Section 65.205. Maintenance of Reduction or Parity - Sec. 65.205. MAINTENANCE OF REDUCTION OR PARITY. (a) After a...
Chapter 66 - State-Issued Cable and Video Franchise
Section 66.001. Franchising Authority - Sec. 66.001. FRANCHISING AUTHORITY. The commission shall be designated as...
Section 66.002. Definitions - Sec. 66.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Actual incremental cost"...
Section 66.003. State Authorization to Provide Cable Service or Video Service - Sec. 66.003. STATE AUTHORIZATION TO PROVIDE CABLE SERVICE OR VIDEO...
Section 66.004. Eligibility for Commission-Issued Franchise - Sec. 66.004. ELIGIBILITY FOR COMMISSION-ISSUED FRANCHISE. (a) A cable service...
Section 66.005. Franchise Fee - Sec. 66.005. FRANCHISE FEE. (a) The holder of a state-issued...
Section 66.006. In-Kind Contributions to Municipality - Sec. 66.006. IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO MUNICIPALITY. (a) Until the expiration...
Section 66.007. Build-Out - Sec. 66.007. BUILD-OUT. The holder of a state-issued certificate of...
Section 66.008. Customer Service Standards - Sec. 66.008. CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS. The holder of a state-issued...
Section 66.009. Public, Educational, and Governmental Access Channels - Sec. 66.009. PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS CHANNELS. (a) Not...
Section 66.010. Nondiscrimination by Municipality - Sec. 66.010. NONDISCRIMINATION BY MUNICIPALITY. (a) A municipality shall allow...
Section 66.011. Municipal Police Power; Other Authority - Sec. 66.011. MUNICIPAL POLICE POWER; OTHER AUTHORITY. (a) A municipality...
Section 66.012. Indemnity in Connection With Right-of-Way; Notice of Liability - Sec. 66.012. INDEMNITY IN CONNECTION WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY; NOTICE OF LIABILITY....
Section 66.013. Municipal Authority - Sec. 66.013. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY. In addition to a municipality's authority...
Section 66.014. Discrimination Prohibited - Sec. 66.014. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a) The purpose of this section...
Section 66.015. Compliance - Sec. 66.015. COMPLIANCE. (a) Should the holder of a state-issued...
Section 66.016. Applicability of Other Laws - Sec. 66.016. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. (a) Nothing in this...