Tex. Utilities Code § 52.105
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 52.105, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 52.105. ACCESS TO CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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