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TX Util § 57.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 57 - Distance Learning and Other Advanced Services|Subchapter B. Distance Learning and Information Sharing|Section 57.023. Service and Rate Requirements

Sec. 57.023.  SERVICE AND RATE REQUIREMENTS.  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)  information sharing programs of libraries;(2)  meet the:(A)  distance learning needs identified by the educational community;  and(B)  information sharing needs identified by libraries;  and(3)  recover the long run incremental costs of providing the services, to the extent those costs can be identified, to avoid subsidizing an educational institution or a library.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 57.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 57 - Distance Learning and Other Advanced Services|Subchapter B. Distance Learning and Information Sharing|Section 57.024. Tariff Filings

Sec. 57.024.  TARIFF FILINGS.  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 under Subchapter C, Chapter 53;   and(3)  does not affect the carrier's other rates or services.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 57.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 57 - Distance Learning and Other Advanced Services|Subchapter B. Distance Learning and Information Sharing|Section 57.025. Changes in Rate Program

Sec. 57.025.  CHANGES IN RATE PROGRAM.  (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 directly related to a distance learning activity or an information sharing program;  and(B)  is not covered by commission rules;(2)  change a rate;(3)  amend a tariff;  or(4)  amend a commission rule.(b)  The commission shall take the action requested under Subsection (a) if the commission determines the action is appropriate.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 57.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 57 - Distance Learning and Other Advanced Services|Subchapter D. Interactive Multimedia Communications|Section 57.071. Definition

Sec. 57.071.  DEFINITION.  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, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 57.072 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 57 - Distance Learning and Other Advanced Services|Subchapter D. Interactive Multimedia Communications|Section 57.072. Rates for Interactive Multimedia Communications

Sec. 57.072.  RATES FOR INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS.  (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 recover costs associated with providing the service.(b)  A local exchange company may not establish a rate under Subsection (a) that is less than the local exchange company's long run incremental costs of providing the interactive multimedia communications service, unless the commission determines it to be in the public interest to do so.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 58.001. Policy

Sec. 58.001.  POLICY.  Considering the status of competition in the telecommunications industry, it is the policy of this state to:(1)  provide a framework for an orderly transition from the traditional regulation of return on invested capital to a fully competitive telecommunications marketplace in which all telecommunications providers compete on fair terms;(2)  preserve and enhance universal telecommunications service at affordable rates;(3)  upgrade the telecommunications infrastructure of this state;(4)  promote network interconnectivity;  and(5)  promote diversity in the supply of telecommunications services and innovative products and services throughout the entire state, including urban and rural areas.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 58.002. Definition

Sec. 58.002.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "electing company" means an incumbent local exchange company that elects to be subject to incentive regulation and to make the corresponding infrastructure commitment under this chapter.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 58.003. Customer-Specific Contracts

Sec. 58.003.  CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC CONTRACTS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, but subject to Subsection (b), an electing company may not offer in an exchange a service, or an appropriate subset of a service, listed in Sections 58.051(a)(1)-(4) or Sections 58.151(1)-(4) in a manner that results in a customer-specific contract, unless the other party to the contract is a federal, state, or local governmental entity, until the earlier of September 1, 2003, or the date on which the commission finds that at least 40 percent of the total access lines for that service or appropriate subset of that service in that exchange are served by competitive alternative providers that are not affiliated with the electing company.(b)  The requirements prescribed by Subsection (a) do not apply to an electing company serving fewer than five million access lines after the date on which it completes the infrastructure improvements described in this subsection.  The electing company must also notify the commission of the company's binding commitment to make the following infrastructure improvements not later than September 1, 2000:(1)  install Common Channel Signaling 7 capability in each central office;  and(2)  connect all of the company's serving central offices to their respective LATA tandem central offices with optical fiber or equivalent facilities.(c)  The commission by rule shall prescribe appropriate subsets of services.(d)  An electing company may file with the commission a request for a finding under this section.  The filing must include information sufficient for the commission to perform a review and evaluation in relation to the particular exchange and the particular service or appropriate subset of a service for which the electing company wants to offer customer-specific contracts.  The commission must grant or deny the request not later than the 60th day after the date the electing company files the request.(e)  The commitments described by Subsection (b) do not apply to exchanges of the company sold or transferred before, or for which contracts for sale or transfer are pending on, September 1, 2001.  In the case of exchanges for which contracts for sale or transfer are pending as of March 1, 2001, where the purchaser withdrew or defaulted before September 1, 2001, the company shall have one year from the date of withdrawal or default to comply with the commitments.(f)  This section does not preclude an electing company from offering a customer-specific contract to the extent allowed by this title as of August 31, 1999.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 58.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 58.004. Packaging, Term and Volume Discounts, and Promotional Offerings

Sec. 58.004.  PACKAGING, TERM AND VOLUME DISCOUNTS, AND PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an electing company that has more than five million access lines in this state may not offer in an exchange a service listed in Sections 58.151(1)-(4) as a component of a package of services or as a promotional offering until the company makes the reduction in switched access service rates required by Section 58.301(2) unless the customer of one of the pricing flexibility offerings described in this subsection is a federal, state, or local governmental entity.(b)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an electing company that has more than five million access lines in this state may not offer a volume or term discount on any service listed in Sections 58.151(1)-(4) until September 1, 2000, unless the customer of one of the pricing flexibility offerings described in this subsection is a federal, state, or local governmental entity.(c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an electing company that has more than five million access lines in this state may offer in an exchange a service listed in Sections 58.051(a)(1)-(4) as a component of a package of services, as a promotional offering, or with a volume or term discount on and after September 1, 1999.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 58.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter B. Election of Incentive Regulation|Section 58.021. Election

Sec. 58.021.  ELECTION.  (a)  An incumbent local exchange company may elect to be subject to incentive regulation and to make the corresponding infrastructure commitment under this chapter by notifying the commission in writing of its election.(b)  The notice must include a statement that the company agrees to:(1)  limit until September 1, 2005, any increase in a rate the company charges for basic network services as prescribed by Subchapter C;   and(2)  fulfill the infrastructure commitment prescribed by Subchapters F and G.(c)  Except as provided in Subsection (d), an election under this chapter remains in effect until the legislature eliminates the incentive regulation authorized by this chapter and Chapter 59.(d)  The commission may allow an electing company serving fewer than five million access lines to withdraw the company's election under this chapter:(1)  on application by the company;  and(2)  only for good cause.(e)  In this section, "good cause" includes only matters beyond the control of the company.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 58.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter B. Election of Incentive Regulation|Section 58.022. Chapter Controls

Sec. 58.022.  CHAPTER CONTROLS.  This chapter governs the regulation of an electing company's telecommunications services regardless of whether the company is a dominant carrier.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter B. Election of Incentive Regulation|Section 58.023. Service Classification

Sec. 58.023.  SERVICE CLASSIFICATION.  On election, the services provided by an electing company are classified into two categories:(1)  basic network services governed by Subchapter C;   and(2)  nonbasic services governed by Subchapter E.(3)  Renumbered (2) by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1999|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 58.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter B. Election of Incentive Regulation|Section 58.024. Service Reclassification

Sec. 58.024.  SERVICE RECLASSIFICATION.  (a)  The commission may reclassify a basic network service as a nonbasic service.(b)  The commission shall establish criteria for determining whether a service should be reclassified.  The criteria must include consideration of the:(1)  availability of the service from other providers;(2)  effect of the reclassification on service subscribers;  and(3)  nature of the service.(c)  The commission may not reclassify a service until:(1)  each competitive safeguard prescribed by Subchapters B-H, Chapter 60, is fully implemented;  or(2)  for a company that serves more than five million access lines in this state, the date on which the Federal Communications Commission determines in accordance with 47 U.S.C. Section 271 that the company or any of its affiliates may enter the interLATA telecommunications market in this state.(d)  The commission may reclassify a service subject to the following conditions:(1)  the electing company must file a request for a service reclassification including information sufficient for the commission to perform a review and evaluation under Subsection (b);(2)  the commission must grant or deny the request not later than the 60th day after the date the electing company files the request for service reclassification;  and(3)  there is a rebuttable presumption that the request for service reclassification by the electing company should be granted if the commission finds that there is a competitive alternative provider serving customers through means other than total service resale.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.11, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 58.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter B. Election of Incentive Regulation|Section 58.025. Complaint or Hearing

Sec. 58.025.  COMPLAINT OR HEARING.  (a)  An electing company is not, under any circumstances, subject to a complaint, hearing, or determination regarding the reasonableness of the company's:(1)  rates;(2)  overall revenues;(3)  return on invested capital;  or(4)  net income.(b)  This section does not prohibit a complaint, hearing, or determination on an electing company's implementation and enforcement of a competitive safeguard required by Chapter 60.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter B. Election of Incentive Regulation|Section 58.026. Consumer Complaints Regarding Tariffs

Sec. 58.026.  CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING TARIFFS.  (a)  This chapter does not restrict:(1)  a consumer's right to complain to the commission about the application of an ambiguous tariff;  or(2)  the commission's right to determine:(A)  the proper application of that tariff;  or(B)  the proper rate if that tariff does not apply.(b)  This section does not permit the commission to:(1)  lower a tariff rate except as specifically provided by this title;(2)  change the commission's interpretation of a tariff;  or(3)  extend the application of a tariff to a new class of customers.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter B. Election of Incentive Regulation|Section 58.027. Consumer Complaints Regarding Services; Enforcement of Standards

Sec. 58.027.  CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING SERVICES;  ENFORCEMENT OF STANDARDS.  This chapter does not restrict:(1)  a consumer's right to complain to the commission about quality of service;  or(2)  the commission's right to enforce a quality of service standard.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter C. Basic Network Services|Section 58.051. Services Included

Sec. 58.051.  SERVICES INCLUDED.(a)  Unless reclassified under Section 58.024, the following services are basic network services:(1)  flat rate residential local exchange telephone service, including primary directory listings and the receipt of a directory and any applicable mileage or zone charges;(2)  residential tone dialing service;(3)  lifeline and tel-assistance service;(4)  service connection for basic residential services;(5)  direct inward dialing service for basic residential services;(6)  private pay telephone access service;(7)  call trap and trace service;(8)  access for all residential and business end users to 911 service provided by a local authority and access to dual party relay service;(9)  mandatory residential extended area service arrangements; and(10)  mandatory residential extended metropolitan service or other mandatory residential toll-free calling arrangements.(a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and Section 58.151, basic network services include residential caller identification services if the customer to whom the service is billed is at least 65 years of age.(b)  Electing companies shall offer each basic network service as a separately tariffed service in addition to any packages or other pricing flexibility offerings that include those basic network services.(c)  At the election of the affected incumbent local exchange company, the price for basic network service shall also include the fees and charges for any mandatory extended area service arrangements, mandatory expanded toll-free calling plans, and any other service included in the definition of basic network service.(d)  A nonpermanent expanded toll-free local calling service surcharge established by the commission to recover the costs of mandatory expanded toll-free local calling service:(1)  is considered a part of basic network service;(2)  may not be aggregated under Subsection (c); and(3)  continues to be transitioned in accordance with commission orders and substantive rules.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 18, eff. September 7, 2005.|
TX Util § 58.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter C. Basic Network Services|Section 58.052. Regulation of Services

Sec. 58.052.  REGULATION OF SERVICES.  (a)  Except as provided by Subchapter E, Chapter 52, basic network services of an electing company are regulated:(1)  in accordance with this chapter;  and(2)  to the extent not inconsistent with this chapter, in accordance with:(A)  Subtitle A; (B)  Chapters 51, 54, 60, 62, and 63;(C)  Chapter 52, except for Subchapter F; (D)  Subchapters C, D, and E, Chapter 53; (E)  Chapter 55, except for:(i)  Subchapters F and G;   and(ii)  Sections 55.001, 55.002, 55.003, and 55.004;(F)  Sections 53.001, 53.003, 53.004, 53.006, 53.065, 55.005, 55.006, 55.009, and 55.010;  and(G)  commission rules and procedures.(b)  The commission must approve a change in the terms of the tariff offering of a basic network service.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter C. Basic Network Services|Section 58.053. Investment Limitation on Service Standards

Sec. 58.053.  INVESTMENT LIMITATION ON SERVICE STANDARDS.  (a)  The commission may not raise a service standard applicable to the provision of local exchange telephone service by an electing company if the increased investment required to comply with the raised standard in any year exceeds 10 percent of the company's average annual intrastate additions in capital investment for the most recent five-year period.(b)  In computing the average under Subsection (a), the company shall exclude:(1)  extraordinary investments made during the five-year period;  and(2)  investments required by Section 58.203.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter C. Basic Network Services|Section 58.054. Rates Capped

Sec. 58.054.  RATES CAPPED.  (a)  As a condition of election under this chapter, an electing company shall commit to not increasing a rate for a basic network service on or before the fourth anniversary of its election date.(b)  The rates an electing company may charge on or before that fourth anniversary are the rates charged by the company on June 1, 1995, or, for a company that elects under this chapter after September 1, 1999, the rates charged on the date of its election, without regard to a proceeding pending under:(1)  Section 15.001;(2)  Subchapter D, Chapter 53;   or(3)  Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code.(c)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), the cap on the rates for basic network services for a company electing under this chapter may not expire before September 1, 2005.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 58.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter C. Basic Network Services|Section 58.055. Rate Adjustment by Company

Sec. 58.055.  RATE ADJUSTMENT BY COMPANY.  (a)  An electing company may increase a rate for a basic network service during the election period prescribed by Section 58.054 only:(1)  with commission approval that the proposed change is included in Section 58.056, 58.057, or 58.058;  and(2)  as provided by Sections 58.056, 58.057, 58.058, and 58.059.(b)  Notwithstanding Subchapter F, Chapter 60, an electing company may, on its own initiative, decrease a rate for a basic network service during the electing period.(c)  The company may decrease the rate for a basic local telecommunications service to an amount above the service's appropriate cost.  If the company has been required to perform or has elected to perform a long run incremental cost study, the appropriate cost for the service is the service's long run incremental cost.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|