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TX Util § 58.260 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities|Section 58.260. Point-to-Point 45 Megabits a Second Intralata Service

Sec. 58.260.  POINT-TO-POINT 45 MEGABITS A SECOND INTRALATA SERVICE.  (a)  On request of an entity described by Section 58.253(a), an electing company shall provide to the entity point-to-point 45 megabits a second intraLATA services.(b)  The service must be provided under a customer specific contract except that any interoffice portion of the service must be recovered on a statewide average basis that is not distance sensitive.(c)  The rate for the service may not be higher than 110 percent of the service's long run incremental cost, including installation.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 903 (S.B. 773), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Util § 58.261 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities|Section 58.261. Broadband Digital Special Access Service

Sec. 58.261.  BROADBAND DIGITAL SPECIAL ACCESS SERVICE.  (a)  An electing company shall provide to an entity described by Section 58.253(a) broadband digital special access service to interexchange carriers.(b)  The rate for the service may not be higher than 110 percent of the service's long run incremental cost, including installation.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 903 (S.B. 773), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Util § 58.262 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities|Section 58.262. Expanded Interconnection

Sec. 58.262.  EXPANDED INTERCONNECTION.  (a)  On request of an entity described by Section 58.253(a), an electing company shall provide to the entity expanded interconnection (virtual colocation).(b)  The company shall provide expanded interconnection:(1)  in accordance with commission rules adopted under Subchapter H, Chapter 60;   and(2)  at 105 percent of long run incremental cost, including installation.(c)  An entity described by Section 58.253(a) is not required to qualify for expanded interconnection if expanded interconnection is ordered by the commission.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.263 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities|Section 58.263. Internet Access

Sec. 58.263.  INTERNET ACCESS.  (a)  This section applies only to an educational institution or library in an exchange of an electing company serving more than five million access lines in which toll-free access to the Internet is not available.(b)  On request of the educational institution or library, the electing company shall make available a toll-free connection or toll-free dialing arrangement that the institution or library may use to obtain access to the Internet in an exchange in which toll-free access to the Internet is available.(c)  The electing company shall provide the connection or dialing arrangement at no charge to the educational institution or library until Internet access becomes available in the exchange of the requesting educational institution or library.(d)  The electing company is not required to arrange for Internet access or to pay Internet charges for the requesting educational institution or library.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.264 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities|Section 58.264. Complaints Limited

Sec. 58.264.  COMPLAINTS LIMITED.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an electing company is subject to a complaint under this subchapter only by an entity described by Section 58.253(a).(b)  An entity may only complain that the company provided a private network service under this subchapter preferentially to a similarly situated customer.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.265 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities|Section 58.265. Interconnection of Network Services

Sec. 58.265.  INTERCONNECTION OF NETWORK SERVICES.  The private network services provided under this subchapter may be interconnected with other similar networks for distance learning, telemedicine, and information-sharing purposes.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.266 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities|Section 58.266. Sharing or Resale of Network Services

Sec. 58.266.  SHARING OR RESALE OF NETWORK SERVICES.  (a)  A private network service may be used by and shared among the entities described by Section 58.253(a) but may not be otherwise shared or resold to other customers.(b)  A service provided under this subchapter may not be required to be resold to another customer at a rate provided by this subchapter.(c)  This section does not prohibit an otherwise permitted resale of another service that an electing company may offer through the use of the same facilities used to provide a private network service offered under this subchapter.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.267 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities|Section 58.267. Implementation Costs; Increase in Rates and Universal Service Funds

Sec. 58.267.  IMPLEMENTATION COSTS;  INCREASE IN RATES AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS.  The commission may not consider the cost of implementing this subchapter in determining whether an electing company is entitled to:(1)  a rate increase under this chapter;  or(2)  increased universal service funds under Subchapter B, Chapter 56.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 58.268 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter G. Infrastructure Commitment to Certain Entities|Section 58.268. Continuation of Obligation

Sec. 58.268.  CONTINUATION OF OBLIGATION.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an electing company shall continue to comply with this subchapter until January 1, 2016, regardless of:(1)  the date the company elected under this chapter; or(2)  any action taken in relation to that company under Chapter 65.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 5), Sec. 21, eff. September 7, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 903 (S.B. 773), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Util § 58.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter H. Switched Access Services|Section 58.301. Switched Access Rate Reduction

Sec. 58.301.  SWITCHED ACCESS RATE REDUCTION.  An electing company with greater than five million access lines in this state shall reduce its switched access rates on a combined originating and terminating basis as follows:(1)  the electing company shall reduce switched access rates on a combined originating and terminating basis in effect on September 1, 1999, by one cent a minute;  and(2)  the electing company shall reduce switched access rates on a combined originating and terminating basis by an additional two cents a minute on the earlier of:(A)  July 1, 2000;  or(B)  the date the electing company, or its affiliate formed in compliance with 47 U.S.C. Section 272, as amended, actually begins providing interLATA services in this state in accordance with the authorization required by 47 U.S.C. Section 271, as amended.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 58.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 58 - Incentive Regulation|Subchapter H. Switched Access Services|Section 58.302. Switched Access Rate Cap

Sec. 58.302.  SWITCHED ACCESS RATE CAP.  (a)  An electing company may not increase the per minute rates for switched access services on a combined originating and terminating basis above the lesser of:(1)  the rates for switched access services charged by that electing company on September 1, 1999, as may be further reduced on implementation of the universal service fund under Chapter 56;  or(2)  the applicable rate described by Section 58.301 as may be further reduced on implementation of the universal service fund under Chapter 56.(b)  Notwithstanding Subchapter F, Chapter 60, but subject to Section 60.001, an electing company may, on its own initiative, decrease a rate charged for switched access service to any amount above the long run incremental cost of the service.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 59.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 59.001. Policy

Sec. 59.001.  POLICY.  It is the policy of this state that an incumbent local exchange company that does not elect to be regulated under Chapter 58 should have incentives to deploy infrastructure that will benefit the residents of this state while maintaining reasonable local rates and universal service.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 59.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 59.002. Definitions

Sec. 59.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Electing company" means an incumbent local exchange company that elects for an infrastructure commitment and corresponding regulation under this chapter.(2)  "Election date" means the date on which the commission receives notice of election under Subchapter B.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 59.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.021. Election

Sec. 59.021.  ELECTION.  (a)  An incumbent local exchange company may elect to make an infrastructure commitment and to be subject to corresponding regulation under this chapter if the company:(1)  serves less than five percent of the access lines in this state;  and(2)  has not elected incentive regulation under Chapter 58.(b)  A company makes the election by notifying the commission in writing of the company's election.(c)  A company electing under this chapter may renew the election for successive two-year periods.  An election that is renewed under this subsection remains in effect until the earlier of the date that:(1)  the election expires because it was not renewed;(2)  the commission allows the company to withdraw its election under Section 59.022;  or(3)  the legislature eliminates the incentive regulation authorized by this chapter and Chapter 58.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 59.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.022. Withdrawal of Election

Sec. 59.022.  WITHDRAWAL OF ELECTION.  (a)  The commission may allow an electing company to withdraw the company's election under this chapter:(1)  on application by the company;  and(2)  only for good cause.(b)  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.|
TX Util § 59.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.023. Election Under Chapter 58

Sec. 59.023.  ELECTION UNDER CHAPTER 58.  (a)  This chapter does not prohibit a company electing under this chapter from electing incentive regulation under Chapter 58.(b)  If a company makes an election under Chapter 58, the infrastructure commitment made under this chapter offsets the infrastructure commitment required in connection with the Chapter 58 election.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 59.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.024. Rate Changes

Sec. 59.024.  RATE CHANGES.  (a)  Except for the charges permitted under Subchapter C, Chapter 55, Subchapter B, Chapter 56, and Section 55.024, an electing company may not, before the end of the company's election period under this chapter, increase a rate previously established for that company under this title unless the commission approves the proposed change as authorized under Subsection (c) or (d).(b)  For purposes of Subsection (a), the company's previously established rates are the rates charged by the company on its election date 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)  The commission, on motion of the electing company or on its own motion, shall adjust prices for services to reflect changes in Federal Communications Commission separations that affect intrastate net income by at least 10 percent.(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the commission, on request of the electing company, shall allow a rate group reclassification that results from access line growth.(e)  Section 58.059 applies to a rate change under this section.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 59.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.025. Switched Access Rates

Sec. 59.025.  SWITCHED ACCESS RATES.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission may not, on the commission's own motion, reduce an electing company's rates for switched access services before the expiration of the election period prescribed by Section 59.024, but may approve a reduction proposed by the electing company.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 48, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 59.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.026. Complaint or Hearing

Sec. 59.026.  COMPLAINT OR HEARING.  (a)  On or before the end of the company's election period, an electing company is not, under any circumstances, subject to:(1)  a complaint or hearing regarding the reasonableness of the company's:(A)  rates;(B)  overall revenues;(C)  return on invested capital;  or(D)  net income;  or(2)  a complaint that a rate is excessive.(b)  Subsection (a) applies only to a company that is in compliance with the company's infrastructure commitment under this chapter.(c)  This section does not prohibit a complaint, hearing, or determination on an electing company's implementation of a competitive safeguard required by Chapter 60.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 49, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 59.027 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.027. Consumer Complaints Regarding Tariffs

Sec. 59.027.  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 tariff 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 § 59.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.028. Consumer Complaints Regarding Services; Enforcement of Standards

Sec. 59.028.  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 § 59.029 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.029. Investment Limitation on Service Standards

Sec. 59.029.  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 electing company shall exclude:(1)  extraordinary investments made during the five-year period;  and(2)  investments required by Section 59.052.|Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Util § 59.030 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.030. New Services

Sec. 59.030.  NEW SERVICES.  (a)  An electing company may introduce a new service 10 days after providing an informational notice to the commission, to the office, and to any person who holds a certificate of operating authority in the electing company's certificated area or areas or who has an effective interconnection agreement with the electing company.(b)  An electing company shall price each new service at or above the service's long run incremental cost.  The commission shall allow a company serving fewer than one million access lines to establish a service's long run incremental cost by adopting, at that company's option, the cost studies of a larger company for that service that has been accepted by the commission.(c)  An affected person, the office on behalf of residential or small commercial customers, or the commission may file a complaint at the commission challenging whether the pricing by an electing company of a new service is in compliance with Subsection (b).(d)  If a complaint is filed under Subsection (c), the electing company has the burden of proving that the company set the price for the new service in accordance with the applicable provisions of this subchapter.  If the complaint is finally resolved in favor of the complainant, the electing company:(1)  shall, not later than the 10th day after the date the complaint is finally resolved, amend the price of the service as necessary to comply with the final resolution;  or(2)  may, at the company's option, discontinue the service.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Util § 59.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Utilities Code|Title 2 - Public Utility Regulatory Act|Subtitle C - Telecommunications Utilities|Chapter 59 - Infrastructure Plan|Subchapter B. Infrastructure Incentives|Section 59.031. Pricing and Packaging Flexibility

Sec. 59.031.  PRICING AND PACKAGING FLEXIBILITY.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 59.027(b) or Subchapter F, Chapter 60, an electing company may exercise pricing flexibility in accordance with this section, including the packaging of any regulated service such as basic local telecommunications service with any other regulated or unregulated service or any service of an affiliate.  The electing company may exercise pricing flexibility 10 days after providing an informational notice to the commission, to the office, and to any person who holds a certificate of operating authority in the electing company's certificated area or areas or who has an effective interconnection agreement with the electing company.  Pricing flexibility includes all pricing arrangements included in the definition of "pricing flexibility" prescribed by Section 51.002(7) and includes packaging of regulated services with unregulated services or any service of an affiliate.(b)  An electing company, at the company's option, shall price each regulated service offered separately or as part of a package under Subsection (a) at either the service's tariffed rate or at a rate not lower than the service's long run incremental cost.  The commission shall allow a company serving fewer than one million access lines to establish a service's long run incremental cost by adopting, at that company's option, the cost studies of a larger company for that service that have been accepted by the commission.(c)  An affected person, the office on behalf of residential or small commercial customers, or the commission may file a complaint alleging that an electing company has priced a regulated service in a manner that does not meet the pricing standards of this subchapter.  The complaint must be filed before the 31st day after the company implements the rate.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|