Texas Utilities Code

§ 54.304 — ABANDONMENT OR CESSATION BY FACILITIES-BASED PROVIDER; EMERGENCY RESTORATION

UT § 54.304Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES · Ch. 54. CERTIFICATES · Art. G. PROVIDER OF LAST RESORT

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(a)The commission, on its own motion or on the petition of an interested party, may institute an expedited proceeding under this section if the commission finds that:

(1)a holder of a certificate of operating authority or service provider certificate of operating authority is the predominant provider of basic local telecommunications service in a defined geographic area and the utility provides that service using the utility's own facilities;

(2)no other telecommunications utility has facilities sufficient to provide basic local telecommunications service in that defined geographic area; and

(3)the holder of the certificate of operating authority or service provider certificate of operating authority has:

(A)ceased providing basic local telecommunications service to the utility's customers in that defined geographic area; or

(B)abandoned the operation of the utility's facilities in the defined geographic area that are used to provide basic local telecommunications service.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.