Texas Utilities Code - Section 55.023. Optional Extended Area Service
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§ 55.023. OPTIONAL EXTENDED AREA SERVICE. (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;
(2) a municipality; or
(3) an unincorporated town or village that has 275 or
more access lines.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 55.013 55.014 55.015 55.016 55.017 55.021 55.022 55.023 55.024 55.025 55.041 55.042 55.043 55.044 55.045
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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