Texas Utilities Code - Section 56.155. Recovery Of Specialized Telecommunications Device Assistance Program Surcharge
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§ 56.155. RECOVERY OF SPECIALIZED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DEVICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SURCHARGE. (a) The commission shall
allow a telecommunications utility to recover the universal service
fund assessment related to the specialized telecommunications
assistance program through a surcharge added to the utility's
customers' bills.
(b) The commission shall specify how each utility must
determine the amount of the surcharge and by rule shall prohibit a
utility from recovering an aggregation of more than 12 months of
assessments in a single surcharge. The rules must require a utility
to apply for approval of a surcharge before the 91st day after the
date the period during which the aggregated surcharges were
assessed closes.
(c) If a utility chooses to impose the surcharge, the
utility shall include the surcharge in the "universal service fund
surcharge" listing as provided by Section 56.107.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 18.08(e), eff. Sept. 1,
1999. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1553, § 8, eff. Sept.
1, 1999.
Section: 56.111 56.112 56.113 56.151 56.152 56.153 56.154 56.155 56.156 56.201 56.202 56.203 56.204 56.205 56.206
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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