Texas Utilities Code - Section 56.022. Uniform Charge
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§ 56.022. UNIFORM CHARGE. (a) The universal service fund
is funded by a statewide uniform charge payable by each
telecommunications provider that has access to the customer base.
(b) A telecommunications provider shall pay the charge in
accordance with procedures approved by the commission.
(c) The uniform charge is on services and at rates the
commission determines. In establishing the charge and the services
to which the charge will apply, the commission may not:
(1) grant an unreasonable preference or advantage to a
telecommunications provider;
(2) assess the charge on pay telephone service; or
(3) subject a telecommunications provider to
unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended
by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 404, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Section: 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 56.030
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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