Tex. Utilities Code § 56.107
This is the official text of Tex. Utilities Code § 56.107, part of Texas’s Utilities Code — regulates utility companies.
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§ 56.107. UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND SURCHARGE.
Official statutory text
(a) A telecommunications utility may recover the utility's universal service fund assessment for the telecommunications relay access service through a surcharge added to the utility customers' bills.
(b) The commission shall specify how each telecommunications utility is to determine the amount of the surcharge.
(c) If a telecommunications utility imposes the surcharge, the bill shall list the surcharge as the "universal service fund surcharge."
(b) The commission shall specify how each telecommunications utility is to determine the amount of the surcharge.
(c) If a telecommunications utility imposes the surcharge, the bill shall list the surcharge as the "universal service fund surcharge."
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