Tex. Utilities Code § 65.052
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§ 65.052. DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A MARKET SHOULD REMAIN REGULATED.
Official statutory text
(a) An incumbent local exchange company may petition the commission to deregulate a market of the company that the commission previously determined should remain regulated. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, only the incumbent local exchange company may initiate a proceeding to deregulate one of the company's markets. Not later than the 90th day after the date the commission receives the petition, the commission shall:
(1) determine whether the regulated market should remain regulated; and
(2) issue a final order classifying the market in accordance with this section.
(b) In making a determination under Subsection (a), the commission may not determine that a market should remain regulated if:
(1) the population in the area included in the market is at least 100,000; or
(2) the population in the area included in the market is less than 100,000 and, in addition to the incumbent local exchange company, there are at least two competitors operating in all or part of the market that:
(A) are unaffiliated with the incumbent local exchange company; and
(B) provide voice communications service without regard to the delivery technology, including through:
(i) Internet Protocol or a successor protocol;
(ii) satellite; or
(iii) a technology used by a wireless provider or a commercial mobile service provider, as that term is defined by Section 64.201.
(c) If the commission deregulates a market under this section and the deregulation results in a regulated or transitioning company no longer meeting the definition of a regulated or transitioning company, the commission shall issue an order reclassifying the company as a transitioning company or deregulated company, as those terms are defined by Section 65.002.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98, Sec. 21(3), eff. September 1, 2011.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98, Sec. 21(3), eff. September 1, 2011.
(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98, Sec. 21(3), eff. September 1, 2011.
(1) determine whether the regulated market should remain regulated; and
(2) issue a final order classifying the market in accordance with this section.
(b) In making a determination under Subsection (a), the commission may not determine that a market should remain regulated if:
(1) the population in the area included in the market is at least 100,000; or
(2) the population in the area included in the market is less than 100,000 and, in addition to the incumbent local exchange company, there are at least two competitors operating in all or part of the market that:
(A) are unaffiliated with the incumbent local exchange company; and
(B) provide voice communications service without regard to the delivery technology, including through:
(i) Internet Protocol or a successor protocol;
(ii) satellite; or
(iii) a technology used by a wireless provider or a commercial mobile service provider, as that term is defined by Section 64.201.
(c) If the commission deregulates a market under this section and the deregulation results in a regulated or transitioning company no longer meeting the definition of a regulated or transitioning company, the commission shall issue an order reclassifying the company as a transitioning company or deregulated company, as those terms are defined by Section 65.002.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98, Sec. 21(3), eff. September 1, 2011.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98, Sec. 21(3), eff. September 1, 2011.
(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98, Sec. 21(3), eff. September 1, 2011.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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