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TX Util § 52.1035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.1035. Renewal of Certain Certificates

Sec. 52.1035.  RENEWAL OF CERTAIN CERTIFICATES.  (a)  The commission by rule shall require each holder of a certificate of operating authority and holder of a service provider certificate of operating authority to file with the commission on a one-time or regular basis:(1)  the certificate holder's name;(2)  the certificate holder's address; and(3)  the most recent version of each annual report the commission requires the certificate holder to file under this subtitle.(b)  The rules must:(1)  require the commission to automatically allow a certificate holder an extension of a filing deadline for the number of days prescribed by the rule, as applicable; and(2)  state that the certificate of a holder will not be valid after the last day of the automatic extension period described by Subdivision (1) if the certificate holder does not file information required by the commission under this section by the end of the automatic extension period.(c)  A certificate holder whose certificate is no longer valid may obtain a new certificate only by complying with the requirements prescribed for obtaining an original certificate.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 170 (H.B. 1600), Sec. 1.11, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Util § 52.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.104. Commission May Investigate

Sec. 52.104.  COMMISSION MAY INVESTIGATE.  (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 dominant carriers in the local telecommunications and intraLATA interexchange telecommunications industry;  and(2)  defining the telecommunications market or markets.(b)  In conducting an investigation under this section, the commission may:(1)  hold a hearing;(2)  issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness or the production of a document;  and(3)  make findings of fact and decisions to administer this title or a rule, order, or other action of the commission.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.105. Access to Certain Services Required

Sec. 52.105.  ACCESS TO CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED.  (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.(b)  The commission shall allow a telecommunications utility to discontinue service to a local exchange area if:(1)  comparable service is available in the area;  and(2)  discontinuing the service is not contrary to the public interest.(c)  This section does not authorize the commission to require a telecommunications utility to initiate service to a local exchange area to which the telecommunications utility:(1)  did not provide service during the preceding 12-month period;  and(2)  has not provided service previously for a cumulative period of at least one year.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.106. Quality of Service Required

Sec. 52.106.  QUALITY OF SERVICE REQUIRED.  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 unreliable to be adequate to protect the public interest and the interests of customers of that exchange.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.107. Predatory Pricing

Sec. 52.107.  PREDATORY PRICING.  (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 and hearing that an interexchange telecommunications utility has:(1)  engaged in predatory pricing;  or(2)  attempted to engage in predatory pricing.(b)  A hearing held by the commission under Subsection (a) must be based on a complaint from another interexchange telecommunications utility.(c)  An order entered under Subsection (a) may include the imposition on a specific service of the commission's full regulatory authority under:(1)  this chapter;(2)  Chapters 14, 15, 51, 53, and 54;  and(3)  Subchapters A, D, and H, Chapter 55.(d)  This section applies only to an interexchange telecommunications utility.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.108. Other Prohibited Practices

Sec. 52.108.  OTHER PROHIBITED PRACTICES.  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:(1)  failed to maintain statewide average rates;(2)  abandoned interexchange message telecommunications service to a local exchange area in a manner contrary to the public interest;(3)  engaged in a pattern of preferential or discriminatory activities prohibited by Section 53.003, 55.005, or 55.006;  or(4)  failed to pass switched access rate reductions to customers under Chapter 56 or other law, as required by Section 52.112.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 52.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.109. Availability of Service

Sec. 52.109.  AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE.  (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 within a reasonable time after receipt of a bona fide request for the service in that exchange.(b)  A telecommunications utility may not be required to extend a service to an area if:(1)  the local exchange company is unable to provide the required access or other service;  or(2)  extending the service would, after consideration of the public interest to be served, impose unreasonable costs on or require unreasonable investments by the telecommunications utility.(c)  The commission may require from a telecommunications utility or a local exchange company information necessary to enforce this section.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.110. Burden of Proof

Sec. 52.110.  BURDEN OF PROOF.  (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, 52.109, or 52.112, the burden of proof is on:(1)  a telecommunications utility complaining of conduct committed against it in violation of this subchapter;  or(2)  except as provided by Subsection (b), the responding telecommunications utility if the proceedings are:(A)  brought by a customer or customer representative who is not a telecommunications utility;  or(B)  initiated by the commission.(b)  The commission may impose the burden of proof on the complaining party in a proceeding described by Subsection (a)(2) if the commission determines that placing the burden of proof on the complaining party is in the public interest.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 52.111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.111. Commission May Exempt

Sec. 52.111.  COMMISSION MAY EXEMPT.  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, as determined by the commission;  or(2)  relies solely on the facilities of others to complete long distance calls, if the commission determines that the exemption is in the public interest.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.112 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter C. Telecommunications Utilities That Are Not Dominant Carriers|Section 52.112. Reduction Pass-Through Required

Sec. 52.112.  REDUCTION PASS-THROUGH REQUIRED.  (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 period shall pass through to customers switched access rate reductions under this title.  The residential customer class shall receive not less than a proportionate share of the reductions.(b)  Within six months following each reduction in intrastate switched access rates under this title, each telecommunications utility subject to this section shall file with the commission a sworn affidavit confirming that the utility has reduced the per minute rates it charges under its basic rate schedule to reflect the per minute reduction in intrastate switched access rates.(c)  This section expires on the second anniversary of the date incumbent local exchange companies doing business in the state are no longer prohibited by federal law from offering interLATA and interstate long distance service.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 52.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter D. Certificate Holders|Section 52.151. Applicability

Sec. 52.151.  APPLICABILITY.  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, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter D. Certificate Holders|Section 52.152. Limited Regulatory Authority

Sec. 52.152.  LIMITED REGULATORY AUTHORITY.  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 enforce this title under Subchapter B, Chapter 15; (2)  to assert jurisdiction over a specific service under Subchapter E; (3)  to require co-carriage reciprocity;  and(4)  to regulate condemnation and building access.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter D. Certificate Holders|Section 52.153. Books and Records

Sec. 52.153.  BOOKS AND RECORDS.  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 limited jurisdiction over those companies that this title provides to the commission.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter D. Certificate Holders|Section 52.154. Commission May Not Overburden

Sec. 52.154.  COMMISSION MAY NOT OVERBURDEN.  The commission may not, by a rule or regulatory practice adopted under this chapter, impose on a nondominant telecommunications utility a greater regulatory burden than is imposed on:(1)  a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity serving the same area; or(2)  a deregulated company, as defined by Section 65.002, that: (A)  has 500,000 or more access lines in service at the time it becomes a deregulated company; or(B)  serves an area also served by the nondominant telecommunications utility.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 210 (S.B. 259), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Util § 52.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter D. Certificate Holders|Section 52.155. Prohibition of Excessive Access Charges

Sec. 52.155.  PROHIBITION OF EXCESSIVE ACCESS CHARGES.  (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 for originating or terminating intrastate switched access than the prevailing rates charged by the holder of the certificate of convenience and necessity or the holder of a certificate of operating authority issued under Chapter 65 in whose territory the call originated or terminated unless:(1)  the commission specifically approves the higher rate; or(2)  subject to commission review, the telecommunications utility establishes statewide average composite originating and terminating intrastate switched access rates based on a reasonable approximation of traffic originating and terminating between all holders of certificates of convenience and necessity in this state.(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission has all jurisdiction necessary to enforce this section.(c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), Chapter 65 governs the switched access rates of a company that holds a certificate of operating authority issued under Chapter 65.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 3, eff. September 7, 2005.|
TX Util § 52.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter D. Certificate Holders|Section 52.156. Retail Rates, Terms, and Conditions

Sec. 52.156.  RETAIL RATES, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS.  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 in predatory pricing or attempt to engage in predatory pricing.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 4, eff. September 7, 2005.|
TX Util § 52.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter E. Deregulation of Service|Section 52.201. Deregulation of Service

Sec. 52.201.  DEREGULATION OF SERVICE.  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, the commission determines that:(1)  the incumbent local exchange company is not dominant for the service in that geographic market;  or(2)  the holder of a certificate of operating authority who is a dominant carrier is no longer dominant for the service in that geographic market.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter E. Deregulation of Service|Section 52.202. Determination of Geographic Market

Sec. 52.202.  DETERMINATION OF GEOGRAPHIC MARKET.  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. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter E. Deregulation of Service|Section 52.203. Market Power Test

Sec. 52.203.  MARKET POWER TEST.  (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 dominant for a service in a geographic market, the commission must find that:(1)  there is an effective competitive alternative;  and(2)  the incumbent local exchange company or certificate holder does not have market power sufficient to control, in a manner that is adverse to the public interest, the price of the service in the geographic area.(b)  To determine whether the incumbent local exchange company or certificate holder is dominant for a service in the geographic area, the commission shall consider:(1)  the number and size of telecommunications utilities or other persons who provide the same, equivalent, or substitutable service in the relevant market;(2)  the extent to which the service is available in the relevant market;(3)  the ability of customers in the relevant market to obtain the same, equivalent, or substitutable service at comparable rates and on comparable terms;(4)  the ability of a telecommunications utility or other person to make the same, equivalent, or substitutable service readily available in the relevant market at comparable rates and on comparable terms;(5)  the proportion of the relevant market that is being provided the service by a telecommunications utility other than the incumbent local exchange company or holder of a certificate of operating authority who is a dominant carrier;  and(6)  other relevant information the commission considers necessary.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter E. Deregulation of Service|Section 52.204. Rate for Deregulated Service

Sec. 52.204.  RATE FOR DEREGULATED SERVICE.  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 of operating authority may set the rate for the service at any level higher than the service's long run incremental cost.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter E. Deregulation of Service|Section 52.205. Investigation of Competition

Sec. 52.205.  INVESTIGATION OF COMPETITION.  (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 with an application under this subchapter, the commission shall investigate to determine the effect and scope of competition in the geographic and service markets at issue.(b)  The commission has the power necessary and convenient to conduct the investigation.  In conducting an investigation, the commission may:(1)  hold a hearing;(2)  issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness and the production of a document;  and(3)  make findings of fact and decisions with respect to the markets.(c)  A party to a proceeding may use, in an application for pricing flexibility, the results of an investigation conducted under this section.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter E. Deregulation of Service|Section 52.206. Reregulation of Market

Sec. 52.206.  REREGULATION OF MARKET.  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 geographic market if:(1)  the incumbent local exchange company or holder of a certificate of operating authority who was previously a dominant carrier is found to again be dominant for the service in that geographic market;  or(2)  the provider of services under a certificate of operating authority or service provider certificate of operating authority is found to be dominant for the service in that geographic market.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter E. Deregulation of Service|Section 52.207. Reports; Confidential Information

Sec. 52.207.  REPORTS;  CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.  (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 of operating authority;  or(2)  service provider certificate of operating authority.(b)  The commission shall maintain the confidentiality of information contained in a report collected under this section that is claimed to be confidential for competitive purposes.  The confidential information is exempt from disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.(c)  To protect the confidential information, the commission shall aggregate the information to the maximum extent possible considering the purpose of the proceeding.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 52.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 52 - Commission Jurisdiction|Subchapter F. Required Reports and Filings; Records|Section 52.251. Tariff Filings

Sec. 52.251.  TARIFF FILINGS.  (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 effect for a utility service, product, or commodity offered by the utility.(b)  The public utility shall file as a part of the tariff required under Subsection (a) each rule that relates to or affects:(1)  a rate of the utility;  or(2)  a utility service, product, or commodity furnished by the utility.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|