Texas Utilities Code - Section 56.021. Universal Service Fund Established
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§ 56.021. UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND ESTABLISHED. The
commission shall adopt and enforce rules requiring local exchange
companies to establish a universal service fund to:
(1) assist telecommunications providers in providing
basic local telecommunications service at reasonable rates in high
cost rural areas;
(2) reimburse the telecommunications carrier that
provides the statewide telecommunications relay access service
under Subchapter D;
(3) finance the specialized telecommunications
assistance program established under Subchapter E;
(4) reimburse the department, the Texas Commission for
the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and the commission for costs incurred
in implementing this chapter and Chapter 57;
(5) reimburse a telecommunications carrier providing
lifeline service as provided by 47 C.F.R. Part 54, Subpart E, as
amended;
(6) finance the implementation and administration of
an integrated eligibility process created under Section 17.007 for
customer service discounts relating to telecommunications
services, including outreach expenses the commission determines
are reasonable and necessary;
(7) reimburse a designated provider under Subchapter
F;
(8) reimburse a successor utility under Subchapter G;
and
(9) finance the program established under Subchapter
H.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended
by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 18.08(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999;
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 835, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts
1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, § 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999,
76th Leg., ch. 1553, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th
Leg., ch. 651, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch.
1451, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 76, §
5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, § 17.001,
eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 2, § 12,
eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 55.304 55.305 55.306 55.307 55.308 56.001 56.002 56.021 56.022 56.023 56.024 56.025 56.026 56.028 56.029
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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