{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.123","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 162.123","heading":"CONNECTION AND INTERCONNECTION OF FACILITIES.","body":"A telephone cooperative doing business in this state may require a person furnishing communication service to the public in this state to interconnect that person's lines, facilities, or systems with, or otherwise make available those lines, facilities, or systems to, the cooperative's communication lines, facilities, or systems to provide a continuous line of communication for the cooperative's subscribers.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 4. DELIVERY OF UTILITY SERVICES","SUBTITLE A. UTILITY CORPORATIONS AND OTHER PROVIDERS","CHAPTER 162. TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS OF TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.162.htm#162.123","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"ea62f4091b2a4e7fb524b5cfb455eb4a25c37e32e244b63d56589d88258420b3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.122","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-162.124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}