{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 52.053","heading":"CERTAIN RATES PROHIBITED.","body":"A rate established under this subchapter may not be:\n(1) unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or discriminatory;\n(2) subsidized either directly or indirectly by a regulated monopoly service; or\n(3) predatory or anticompetitive.\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#52.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"8f6c0ce6347dfd7c544ab2049f8967c4788fba39db009729ad537b4002639e3d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}