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Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 52 Commission JurisdictionLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Utilities Code > Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 52 Commission Jurisdiction (a) It is the policy of this state to protect the public interest in having adequate and efficient telecommunications service available to each resident of ... (a) To carry out the public policy stated by Section 52.001 and to regulate rates, operations, and services so that the rates are just, fair, ... In regulating the rates, operations, and services of a telecommunications utility providing service in a municipality located on the state line adjacent to a municipality ... (a) The commission may establish separate telecommunications markets in this state if the commission determines that the public interest will be served. The commission shall ... The commission shall impose as minimum requirements for a dominant carrier the same requirements imposed by Subchapter C, except Section 52.107. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ... (a) Before January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commission shall report to the legislature on: (1) the scope of competition in regulated telecommunications markets; ... In adopting rules and establishing procedures under this subchapter, the commission shall: (1) attempt to balance the public interest in a technologically advanced telecommunications system ... This subchapter does not apply to basic local telecommunications service, including local measured service. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, ... A rate established under this subchapter may not be: (1) unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory; (2) subsidized either directly or indirectly by a regulated monopoly ... (a) To carry out the public policy stated in Section 52.001, notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission may adopt rules and establish ... In determining the level of competition in a specific market or submarket, the commission shall hold an evidentiary hearing to consider: (1) the number and ... The regulatory treatments the commission may implement under Section 52.054 include: (1) approval of a range of rates for a specific service; (2) approval of ... (a) The commission shall approve a customer-specific contract that meets the requirements of Subsection (b) to provide: (1) central office based PBX-type services for a ... (a) To encourage the rapid introduction of new or experimental services or promotional rates, the commission shall adopt rules and establish procedures that allow: (1) ... (a) An incumbent local exchange company may introduce a new service 10 days after providing an informational notice to the commission, to the office, and ... (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an incumbent local exchange company may exercise pricing flexibility in accordance with this section, including the packaging ... (a) An incumbent local exchange company may offer a promotion for a regulated service for not more than 90 days in any 12-month period. (b) ... (a) The commission by rule shall adopt standards necessary to ensure that a rate established under this subchapter covers appropriate costs as determined by the ... The commission may prescribe and collect a fee or assessment from local exchange companies necessary to recover the cost to the commission and to the ... This subchapter applies only to a telecommunications utility that is not: (1) a dominant carrier; or (2) the holder of a certificate of operating authority ... (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, Subchapters D and K, Chapter 55, and Section 55.011, the commission has only the following jurisdiction over ... (a) A telecommunications utility shall register with the commission not later than the 30th day after the date the utility commences service to the public. ... (a) The commission may investigate as necessary to determine the effect and scope of competition in the telecommunications industry. The investigation may include: (1) identifying ... (a) The commission may require that each local exchange area have access to local and interexchange telecommunications service, except as otherwise provided by this section. ... The commission may require the quality of telecommunications service provided in a local exchange in which the commission determines that service has deteriorated and become ... (a) The commission may enter an order necessary to protect the public interest if the commission finds by a preponderance of the evidence after notice ... The commission may enter any order necessary to protect the public interest if the commission finds after notice and hearing that a telecommunications utility has: ... (a) The commission may require a telecommunications utility that provides a service to make that service available in an exchange served by the telecommunications utility ... (a) In a proceeding before the commission in which it is alleged that a telecommunications utility engaged in conduct in violation of Section 52.107, 52.108, ... The commission may exempt from a requirement of this subchapter a telecommunications utility that: (1) does not have a significant effect on the public interest, ... (a) Each telecommunications utility that had more than six percent of the total intrastate access minutes of use as measured for the most recent 12-month ... This subchapter applies only to a telecommunications utility that holds a certificate of operating authority or a service provider certificate of operating authority. Acts 1997, ... Except as otherwise specifically provided by this title, the commission has only the following authority over a telecommunications utility subject to this subchapter: (1) to ... The commission may prescribe forms of books, accounts, records, and memoranda to be kept by a telecommunications utility, but only as necessary to enforce the ... The commission may not, by a rule or regulatory practice adopted under this chapter, impose on a telecommunications utility a greater regulatory burden than is ... (a) A telecommunications utility that holds a certificate of operating authority or a service provider certificate of operating authority may not charge a higher amount ... A telecommunications utility may not: (1) establish a retail rate, term, or condition that is anticompetitive or unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory; or (2) engage ... Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission may deregulate the price of a service in a geographic market if, after notice and hearing, ... In determining the geographic market under Section 52.201, the commission shall consider the economic and technical conditions of the market. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. ... (a) To determine whether an incumbent local exchange company or holder of a certificate of operating authority who is a dominant carrier is no longer ... If the price of a service in a geographic market is deregulated under this subchapter, the incumbent local exchange company or holder of a certificate ... (a) On request of an incumbent local exchange company or holder of a certificate of operating authority who is a dominant carrier made in conjunction ... The commission, on its own motion or on a complaint that the commission considers to have merit, may assert regulation over a service in a ... (a) In conjunction with the commission's authority to collect and compile information, the commission may collect a report from a holder of a: (1) certificate ... (a) A public utility shall file with the commission a tariff showing each rate that is: (1) subject to the commission's jurisdiction; and (2) in ... The commission shall require each public utility to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance with: (1) the rates and methods prescribed by ... A public utility shall keep separate accounts showing profits or losses from the sale or lease of merchandise, including an appliance, a fixture, or equipment. ... Notwithstanding Section 14.152, a book, account, record, or memorandum of a public utility may be removed from this state if the book, account, record, or ... (a) In this section, "small business" and "historically underutilized business" have the meanings assigned by Section 481.191, Government Code. (b) Before January 1, 2000, each ... Texas Lawyers
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