Sec. 52.007. TARIFF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PROVIDERS NOT SUBJECT TO RATE OF RETURN REGULATION

(a) This section applies only to a telecommunications provider that is not subject to rate of return regulation under Chapter 53.

(b) A telecommunications provider:

(1) may, but is not required to, maintain on file with the commission tariffs, price lists, or customer service agreements governing the terms of providing service;

(2) may make changes in its tariffs, price lists, and customer service agreements in relation to services that are not subject to regulation without commission approval; and

(3) may cross-reference its federal tariff in its state tariff if the provider's intrastate switched access rates are the same as the provider's interstate switched access rates.

(c) A telecommunications provider may withdraw a tariff, price list, or customer service agreement not required to be filed or maintained with the commission under this section if the telecommunications provider:

(1) files written notice of the withdrawal with the commission; and

(2) notifies its customers of the withdrawal and posts the current tariffs, price lists, or generic customer service agreements on the telecommunications provider's Internet website.

(d) The commission may not require a telecommunications provider to withdraw a tariff, price list, or customer service agreement.

(e) This section does not affect the authority of the commission to regulate wholesale services, or administer or enforce Chapter 56 or any other applicable regulation permitted or required under this title.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98 , Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.