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TX Util § 54.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter C. Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.103. Grant or Denial of Certificate

Sec. 54.103.  GRANT OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The commission must grant or deny a certificate not later than the 60th day after the date the application for the certificate is filed.  The commission may extend the deadline on good cause shown.(b)  The commission shall grant each certificate on a nondiscriminatory basis after considering factors such as:(1)  the technical and financial qualifications of the applicant;  and(2)  the applicant's ability to meet the commission's quality of service requirements.(c)  In an exchange of an incumbent local exchange company that serves fewer than 31,000 access lines, in addition to the factors described by Subsection (b), the commission shall consider:(1)  the effect of granting the certificate on a public utility serving the area and on that utility's customers;(2)  the ability of that public utility to provide adequate service at reasonable rates;(3)  the effect of granting the certificate on the ability of that public utility to act as the provider of last resort;  and(4)  the ability of the exchange, not the company, to support more than one provider of service.(d)  Except as provided by Subsections (e) and (f), the commission may grant an application for a certificate only for an area or areas that are contiguous and reasonably compact and cover an area of at least 27 square miles.(e)  In an exchange in a county that has a population of less than 500,000 and that is served by an incumbent local exchange company that has more than 31,000 access lines, an area covering less than 27 square miles may be approved if the area is contiguous and reasonably compact and has at least 20,000 access lines.(f)  In an exchange of a company that serves fewer than 31,000 access lines in this state, the commission may grant an application only for an area that has boundaries similar to the boundaries of the serving central office that is served by the incumbent local exchange company that holds the certificate of convenience and necessity for the area.(g)  Expired.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 54.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter C. Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.104. Time of Service Requirements

Sec. 54.104.  TIME OF SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The commission by rule may prescribe the period within which a certificate holder must be able to serve customers.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a certificate holder must serve a customer not later than the 30th day after the date the customer requests service.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, Sept. 1, 1997.  Renumbered from Sec. 54.106 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 54.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter C. Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.105. Penalty for Violation of Title

Sec. 54.105.  PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF TITLE.  If a certificate holder fails to comply with a requirement of this title, the commission may:(1)  revoke the holder's certificate;(2)  impose against the holder administrative penalties under Subchapter B, Chapter 15;   or(3)  take another action under Subchapter B, Chapter 15.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Renumbered from Sec. 54.111 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 54.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter D. Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.151. Definition

Sec. 54.151.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "certificate" means a service provider certificate of operating authority.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter D. Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.152. Limitation on Grant of Certificate

Sec. 54.152.  LIMITATION ON GRANT OF CERTIFICATE.  The commission may not grant a certificate to a holder of a:(1)  certificate of convenience and necessity for the same territory;  or(2)  certificate of operating authority for the same territory.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter D. Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.153. Eligibility for Certificate

Sec. 54.153.  ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTIFICATE.  (a)  A company is not eligible to obtain a certificate under this subchapter if the company, together with affiliates, had more than six percent of the total intrastate switched access minutes of use as measured for the most recent 12-month period:(1)  that precedes the date the application is filed;  and(2)  for which the access information is available.(b)  The commission shall obtain information necessary to determine eligibility from the incumbent local exchange telephone companies and the applicant.(c)  The commission shall certify eligibility not later than the 10th day after the date the application is filed.(d)  In this section:(1)  "Affiliate" means an entity that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or control with a company that applies for a certificate under this subchapter.(2)  "Control" means to exercise substantial influence over the policies and actions of another.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter D. Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.154. Application for Certificate

Sec. 54.154.  APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The commission may grant a certificate to encourage an innovative, competitive, and entrepreneurial business to provide telecommunications services.(b)  An applicant for a certificate must:(1)  file with the application:(A)  a sworn statement that the applicant has applied for each municipal consent, franchise, or permit required for the type of services and facilities for which the applicant has applied;  and(B)  a description of the services the applicant will provide;(2)  show the areas in which the applicant will provide the services;(3)  demonstrate that the applicant has the financial and technical ability to provide services;  and(4)  demonstrate that the services will meet the requirements of this subchapter.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter D. Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.155. Grant or Denial of Certificate

Sec. 54.155.  GRANT OR DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE.  (a)  The commission must grant or deny a certificate not later than the 60th day after the date the application for the certificate is filed.  The commission may extend the deadline on good cause shown.(b)  The commission shall grant each certificate on a nondiscriminatory basis after considering factors such as:(1)  the technical and financial qualifications of the applicant;  and(2)  the applicant's ability to meet the commission's quality of service requirements.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.157 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter D. Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.157. Optional Extended Area Service or Expanded Local Calling Service

Sec. 54.157.  OPTIONAL EXTENDED AREA SERVICE OR EXPANDED LOCAL CALLING SERVICE.  (a)  A certificate holder may purchase for resale:(1)  optional extended area service;  and(2)  expanded local calling service.(b)  The purchase of optional extended area service and expanded local calling service may not be discounted.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.158 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter D. Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.158. Interference With Resold Services Prohibited

Sec. 54.158.  INTERFERENCE WITH RESOLD SERVICES PROHIBITED.  An incumbent local exchange company may not:(1)  delay providing or maintaining a service provided under this subchapter;(2)  degrade the quality of access the company provides to another provider;(3)  impair the speed, quality, or efficiency of a line used by another provider;(4)  fail to fully disclose in a timely manner after a request all available information necessary for a certificate holder to provide resale services;  or(5)  refuse to take a reasonable action to allow a certificate holder efficient access to the company's ordering, billing, or repair management system.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter D. Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority|Section 54.159. Retention of Access Service and Intralata Toll Service

Sec. 54.159.  RETENTION OF ACCESS SERVICE AND INTRALATA TOLL SERVICE.  An incumbent local exchange company that sells flat rate local exchange telephone service to a certificate holder may retain all access service and "1-plus" intraLATA toll service that originates over the resold flat rate local exchange telephone service.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter E. Municipalities|Section 54.201. Certification Prohibited

Sec. 54.201.  CERTIFICATION PROHIBITED.  The commission may not grant to a municipality a:(1)  certificate of convenience and necessity;(2)  certificate of operating authority;  or(3)  service provider certificate of operating authority.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter E. Municipalities|Section 54.202. Prohibited Municipal Services

Sec. 54.202.  PROHIBITED MUNICIPAL SERVICES.  (a)  A municipality or municipal electric system may not offer for sale to the public:(1)  a service for which a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority is required;  or(2)  a nonswitched telecommunications service used to connect a customer's premises with:(A)  another customer's premises within the exchange;  or(B)  a long distance provider that serves the exchange.(b)  Subsection (a) applies to a service offered either directly or indirectly through a telecommunications provider.(c)  This section may not be construed to prevent a municipally owned utility from providing to its energy customers, either directly or indirectly, any energy related service involving the transfer or receipt of information or data concerning the use, measurement, monitoring, or management of energy utility services provided by the municipally owned utility, including services such as load management or automated meter reading.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 5, eff. September 7, 2005.|
TX Util § 54.2025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter E. Municipalities|Section 54.2025. Lease of Fiber Optic Cable Facilities

Sec. 54.2025.  LEASE OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE FACILITIES.  Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent a municipality, or a municipal electric system that is a member of a municipal power agency formed under Chapter 163 by adoption of a concurrent resolution by the participating municipalities on or before August 1, 1975, from leasing any of the excess capacity of its fiber optic cable facilities (dark fiber), so long as the rental of the fiber facilities is done on a nondiscriminatory, nonpreferential basis.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 54.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter E. Municipalities|Section 54.203. Service in Annexed or Incorporated Area

Sec. 54.203.  SERVICE IN ANNEXED OR INCORPORATED AREA.  (a)  If an area is or will be included within a municipality as the result of annexation, incorporation, or another reason, each telecommunications utility that holds or is entitled to hold a certificate under this title to provide service or operate a facility in the area before the inclusion has the right to continue to provide the service or operate the facility and extend service in the utility's certificated area within the annexed or incorporated area under the rights granted by the certificate and this title.(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, a certificated telecommunications utility has the right to:(1)  continue and extend service within the utility's certificated area;  and(2)  use roads, streets, highways, alleys, and public property to furnish retail utility service.(c)  The governing body of a municipality may require a certificated telecommunications utility to relocate the utility's facility at the utility's expense to permit the widening or straightening of a street by:(1)  giving the utility 30 days' notice;  and(2)  specifying the new location for the facility along the right-of-way of the street.(d)  This section does not limit the power of a city, town, or village to incorporate or of a municipality to extend its boundaries by annexation.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter E. Municipalities|Section 54.204. Discrimination by Municipality Prohibited

Sec. 54.204.  DISCRIMINATION BY MUNICIPALITY PROHIBITED.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 14.008, a municipality or a municipally owned utility may not discriminate against a certificated telecommunications provider regarding:(1)  the authorization or placement of a facility in a public right-of-way;(2)  access to a building; or(3)  a municipal utility pole attachment rate or term.(b)  In granting consent, a franchise, or a permit for the use of a public street, alley, or right-of-way within its municipal boundaries, a municipality or municipally owned utility may not discriminate in favor of or against a certificated telecommunications provider regarding:(1)  municipal utility pole attachment or underground conduit rates or terms; or(2)  the authorization, placement, replacement, or removal of a facility in a public right-of-way and the reasonable compensation for the authorization, placement, replacement, or removal regardless of whether the compensation is in the form of:(A)  money;(B)  services;(C)  use of facilities; or(D)  another kind of consideration.(c)  A municipality or a municipally owned utility may not charge any entity, regardless of the nature of the services provided by that entity, a pole attachment rate or underground conduit rate that exceeds the fee the municipality or municipally owned utility would be permitted to charge under rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 U.S.C. Section 224(e) if the municipality's or municipally owned utility's rates were regulated under federal law and the rules of the Federal Communications Commission.  In addition, not later than September 1, 2006, a municipality or municipally owned utility shall charge a single, uniform pole attachment or underground conduit rate to all entities that are not affiliated with the municipality or municipally owned utility regardless of the services carried over the networks attached to the poles or underground conduit.(d)  Notwithstanding any other law, the commission has the jurisdiction necessary to enforce this section.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 6, eff. September 7, 2005.|
TX Util § 54.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter E. Municipalities|Section 54.205. Municipality's Right to Control Access

Sec. 54.205.  MUNICIPALITY'S RIGHT TO CONTROL ACCESS.  This title does not restrict a municipality's historical right to control and receive reasonable compensation for access to the municipality's public streets, alleys, or rights-of-way or to other public property.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter E. Municipalities|Section 54.206. Recovery of Municipal Fee

Sec. 54.206.  RECOVERY OF MUNICIPAL FEE.  (a)  A holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority has the right to collect a fee that a municipality imposes under Section 54.204 or 54.205 through a pro rata charge to the customers in the boundaries of the municipality.(b)  The charge may be shown on the customer's bill as a separate line item.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 54.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter F. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities|Section 54.251. Provision of Service

Sec. 54.251.  PROVISION OF SERVICE.  (a)  Except as provided by this section, Section 54.252, Section 54.253, and Section 54.254, a telecommunications utility that holds a certificate of convenience and necessity or a certificate of operating authority shall:(1)  offer all basic local telecommunications services to each customer in the utility's certificated area;  and(2)  provide continuous and adequate service in that area.(b)  Except as specifically determined otherwise by the commission under this subchapter or Subchapter G of this chapter, and except as provided by Subchapters C and D, Chapter 65, the holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity for an area has the obligations of a provider of last resort regardless of whether another provider has a certificate of operating authority or service provider certificate of operating authority for that area.(c)  A certificate holder may meet the holder's provider of last resort obligations using any available technology.  Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 56, the commission may adjust disbursements from the universal service fund to companies using technologies other than traditional wireline or landline technologies to meet provider of last resort obligations.  As determined by the commission, the certificate holder shall meet minimum quality of service standards, including standards for 911 service, comparable to those established for traditional wireline or landline technologies and shall offer services at a price comparable to the monthly service charge for comparable services in that exchange or the provider's nearest exchange.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 7, eff. September 7, 2005.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98 (S.B. 980), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Util § 54.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 54 - Certificates|Subchapter F. Regulation of Services, Areas, and Facilities|Section 54.252. Grounds for Reduction of Service by Holder of Certificate of Convenience and Necessity

Sec. 54.252.  GROUNDS FOR REDUCTION OF SERVICE BY HOLDER OF CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY.  (a)  Except to the extent otherwise ordered by the commission in accordance with this subchapter, the holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity may not discontinue, reduce, or impair service to any part of the holder's certificated service area except for:(1)  nonpayment of charges;(2)  nonuse;  or(3)  another similar reason that occurs in the usual course of business.(b)  A discontinuance, reduction, or impairment of service must be in compliance with and is subject to any condition or restriction the commission prescribes.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|