Tex. Utilities Code § 55.252
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 55.252, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 55.252.
Official statutory text
Sec. 55.252. 900 SERVICE USED BY PROBATIONERS OR PAROLEES. (a) This section applies only to a telecommunications utility that transports or provides an intrastate 900 service that is:
(1) covered by a contract authorized by Chapter 76 or 508, Government Code; and
(2) used by a defendant under the supervision of a community supervision and corrections department or the parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to:
(A) pay a fee or cost; or
(B) comply with telephone reporting requirements.
(b) A telecommunications utility may adjust or authorize the adjustment of an end-user's bill for 900 service described by Subsection (a) only with the consent of the contracting community supervision and corrections department or the contracting parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
(1) covered by a contract authorized by Chapter 76 or 508, Government Code; and
(2) used by a defendant under the supervision of a community supervision and corrections department or the parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to:
(A) pay a fee or cost; or
(B) comply with telephone reporting requirements.
(b) A telecommunications utility may adjust or authorize the adjustment of an end-user's bill for 900 service described by Subsection (a) only with the consent of the contracting community supervision and corrections department or the contracting parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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