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Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 57 Distance Learning And Other Advanced ServicesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Utilities Code > Texas Utilities Code - Chapter 57 Distance Learning And Other Advanced Services If this chapter conflicts with another provision of this title, this chapter prevails. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. ... In this subchapter: (1) "Distance learning" means an instruction, learning, or training resource, including video, data, voice, or electronic information, that is: (A) used by ... (a) The commission by rule shall require a dominant carrier to file a tariff that includes a reduced rate for a telecommunications service the commission ... The services and reduced rates must be designed to: (1) encourage the development and offering of: (A) distance learning activities by educational institutions; and (B) ... A tariff filed by a dominant carrier under Section 57.022: (1) may concern the implementation of this subchapter only; (2) is not a rate change ... (a) An educational institution, library, or dominant carrier may request the commission to: (1) provide for a reduced rate for a service that: (A) is ... (a) The legislature finds that commercial mobile service providers: (1) benefit from the public telecommunications network by the ability to originate and terminate calls that ... In this subchapter: (1) "Ambulatory health care center" means a health care clinic or an association of such a clinic that is: (A) exempt from ... (a) The telecommunications infrastructure fund board consists of: (1) three members appointed by the governor; (2) three members appointed by the governor from a list ... (a) The board shall administer the fund and the two accounts in the fund. (b) The board shall prepare an annual report that: (1) details ... (a) The board shall adopt a master plan for infrastructure development. The plan must: (1) cover a five-year period; (2) be updated annually; and (3) ... (a) The board shall use money in the public schools account to: (1) to the extent directed in the General Appropriations Act, fund the technology ... (a) The board may award a grant to a project or proposal that: (1) provides equipment and infrastructure necessary for: (A) distance learning; (B) an ... (a) A physician, health care professional, or health care facility providing telemedicine medical services or telehealth services and participating in a pilot program under Section ... (a) The board may award a grant under Section 57.047(a)(1)(C) only to a health care facility that: (1) is a hospital or other entity, including ... (a) An annual assessment is imposed on each telecommunications utility and each commercial mobile service provider doing business in this state. (b) The assessment is ... The comptroller shall deposit the money collected by the comptroller under Section 57.048 to the credit of the general revenue fund. Added by Acts 1999, ... From money appropriated to the board, the comptroller shall issue warrants the board requests in accordance with the purposes of this subchapter, including warrants to ... The following agencies, in consultation with the board, shall adopt policies and procedures that are designed to aid the board in achieving the purposes of ... The Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, this subchapter ... In this subchapter, "interactive multimedia communications" means real-time, two-way, interactive voice, video, and data communications conducted over networks that link geographically dispersed locations. Acts 1997, ... (a) The commission shall permit a local exchange company that provides an interactive multimedia communications service to establish, using sound ratemaking principles, rates necessary to ... Last modified: August 10, 2007 |