Tex. Utilities Code § 52.154: COMMISSION MAY NOT OVERBURDEN.

The commission may not, by a rule or regulatory practice adopted under this chapter, impose on a nondominant telecommunications utility a greater regulatory burden than is imposed on:

(1) a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity serving the same area; or

(2) a deregulated company, as defined by Section 65.002, that:

(A) has 500,000 or more access lines in service at the time it becomes a deregulated company; or

(B) serves an area also served by the nondominant telecommunications utility.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 210 (S.B. 259), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.