Texas Utilities Code

§ 55.023 — OPTIONAL EXTENDED AREA SERVICE

UT § 55.023Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES · Ch. 55. REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES · Art. B. EXTENDED AREA SERVICE

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(a)The commission may order optional extended area service in a specified calling area if:

(1)each affected company and the representatives of at least one political subdivision in the proposed calling area agree to the service; and

(2)the proposed common calling area has a single, continuous boundary.

(b)The commission may not adopt rules that diminish in any manner the ability of an affected company or a political subdivision to enter into joint agreements for optional extended area service under this section.

(c)In this section, "political subdivision" means:

(1)a county;

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Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.