Texas Utilities Code

§ 56.103 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE REQUIREMENTS

UT § 56.103Title 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT · Part C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES · Ch. 56. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND · Art. D. STATEWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE

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(a)The telecommunications relay access service shall provide a person with an impairment of hearing or speech with access to the telecommunications network in this state equivalent to the access provided other customers.

(b)The service consists of:

(1)switching and transmission of the call;

(2)live or automated verbal and print translations of communications between a person with an impairment of hearing or speech who uses a telecommunications device for the deaf or a similar automated device and a person who does not have such equipment; and

(3)other service enhancements proposed by the carrier and approved by the commission.

Legislative history

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