Sec. 52.051. POLICY. 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 providing a wide range of new and innovative services with traditional regulatory concerns for:
(A) preserving universal service;
(B) prohibiting anticompetitive practices; and
(C) preventing the subsidization of competitive services with revenues from regulated monopoly services; and
(2) incorporate an appropriate mix of regulatory and market mechanisms reflecting the level and nature of competition in the marketplace.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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