Tex. Utilities Code § 52.109
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 52.109, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 52.109. AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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