{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 52.051","heading":"POLICY.","body":"In adopting rules and establishing procedures under this subchapter, the commission shall:\n(1) attempt to balance the public interest in a technologically advanced telecommunications system providing a wide range of new and innovative services with traditional regulatory concerns for:\n(A) preserving universal service;\n(B) prohibiting anticompetitive practices; and\n(C) preventing the subsidization of competitive services with revenues from regulated monopoly services; and\n(2) incorporate an appropriate mix of regulatory and market mechanisms reflecting the level and nature of competition in the marketplace.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES","CHAPTER 52. COMMISSION JURISDICTION","SUBCHAPTER B. INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.52.htm#52.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"811658e2c715a8c8a5fe4b14e14fa191bdb33e057c7ce80d4be7c190ae0ddcfa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}