Texas Utilities Code - Section 56.032. Commission Review And Evaluation Of Distance Learning Discounts And Private Network Services For Certain Entities
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§ 56.032. COMMISSION REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF DISTANCE
LEARNING DISCOUNTS AND PRIVATE NETWORK SERVICES FOR CERTAIN
ENTITIES.
Text of section effective until Sept. 1, 2007
(a) On or before October 1, 2005, the commission shall
initiate a study for the purpose of evaluating a new funding
mechanism to provide financial support to all telecommunications
utilities that provide discounts or private network services at
prescribed rates to the entities identified in Subchapter B,
Chapter 57, Subchapter G, Chapter 58, and Subchapter D, Chapter 59.
(b) The study must include an evaluation of alternative
sources of funding such support, including utilizing federal E-rate
funding, and an evaluation of alternative funding mechanisms that
would result in support being made available to all
telecommunications utilities on a nondiscriminatory basis and on a
technology neutral basis in exchange for providing services at
rates comparable to those preferred rates being paid by the
entities identified under Subchapter B, Chapter 57, Subchapter G,
Chapter 58, and Subchapter D, Chapter 59, provisions.
(c) The commission shall conduct necessary proceedings to
evaluate the appropriate funding mechanism and the appropriate
method for determining the amount of support to be made available to
telecommunications utilities that provide discounts to entities
listed in Subsection (b).
(d) On or before November 15, 2006, the commission shall
issue a report to the speaker of the house of representatives and
the lieutenant governor on the viability of establishing a new
program or funding mechanism through which support shall be funded
and disbursed in exchange for providing discounts to the entities
listed in Subsection (b). The commission shall include in the
report its findings regarding the cost of any new funding
mechanism, the benefit of establishing a new program or funding
mechanism, and any other relevant information the commission deems
appropriate to assist the legislature in its review of discounts
for distance learning and private network services.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2007.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 2, § 16, eff. Sept.
1, 2005.
Section: 56.024 56.025 56.026 56.028 56.029 56.030 56.031 56.032 56.101 56.102 56.103 56.104 56.105 56.106 56.107
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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