Texas Utilities Code

§ 55.175 — CHARGE FOR LOCAL CALLS

UT § 55.175Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES · Ch. 55. REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES · Art. H. PAY TELEPHONES

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(a)The commission shall establish the limit on the amount a provider may charge for a pay telephone coin sent-paid call in the local exchange company's toll-free calling area.

(b)The commission may establish a statewide ceiling on the amount a provider may charge for a local pay telephone call that is:

(1)collect;

(2)operator assisted; or

(3)paid by credit card or calling card.

(c)The commission may not establish the ceiling under Subsection (b) at an amount that is less than the applicable local rates for such a call imposed by any of the four largest interexchange telecommunications carriers operating in this state.

Legislative history

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