Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
UTILITIES CODE |
Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT |
Subtitle C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES |
Chapter 52. COMMISSION JURISDICTION |
Subchapter C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES THAT ARE NOT DOMINANT CARRIERS |
Sec. 52.105. ACCESS TO CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED
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(a) The commission may require that each local exchange area have access to local and interexchange telecommunications service, except as otherwise provided by this section.
(b) The commission shall allow a telecommunications utility to discontinue service to a local exchange area if:
(1) comparable service is available in the area; and
(2) discontinuing the service is not contrary to the public interest.
(c) This section does not authorize the commission to require a telecommunications utility to initiate service to a local exchange area to which the telecommunications utility:
(1) did not provide service during the preceding 12-month period; and
(2) has not provided service previously for a cumulative period of at least one year.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.