Tex. Utilities Code § 52.102
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 52.102, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
§ 52.102. LIMITED REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, Subchapters D and K, Chapter 55, and Section 55.011, the commission has only the following jurisdiction over a telecommunications utility subject to this subchapter:
(1) to require registration under Section 52.103;
(2) to conduct an investigation under Section 52.104;
(3) to require the filing of reports as the commission periodically directs;
(4) to require the maintenance of statewide average rates or prices of telecommunications service;
(5) to require a 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 to pass switched access rate reductions under this title to customers as required by Section 52.112;
(6) to require access to telecommunications service under Section 52.105; and
(7) to require the quality of telecommunications service provided to be adequate under Section 52.106.
(b) The authority provided by Subsection (a)(5) expires on the date on which Section 52.112 expires.
(1) to require registration under Section 52.103;
(2) to conduct an investigation under Section 52.104;
(3) to require the filing of reports as the commission periodically directs;
(4) to require the maintenance of statewide average rates or prices of telecommunications service;
(5) to require a 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 to pass switched access rate reductions under this title to customers as required by Section 52.112;
(6) to require access to telecommunications service under Section 52.105; and
(7) to require the quality of telecommunications service provided to be adequate under Section 52.106.
(b) The authority provided by Subsection (a)(5) expires on the date on which Section 52.112 expires.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Need a lawyer in Texas?
Find a Texas lawyer
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.