{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.105","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 52.105","heading":"ACCESS TO CERTAIN SERVICES REQUIRED.","body":"(a) The commission may require that each local exchange area have access to local and interexchange telecommunications service, except as otherwise provided by this section.\n(b) The commission shall allow a telecommunications utility to discontinue service to a local exchange area if:\n(1) comparable service is available in the area; and\n(2) discontinuing the service is not contrary to the public interest.\n(c) This section does not authorize the commission to require a telecommunications utility to initiate service to a local exchange area to which the telecommunications utility:\n(1) did not provide service during the preceding 12-month period; and\n(2) has not provided service previously for a cumulative period of at least one year.\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 C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES THAT ARE NOT DOMINANT CARRIERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.52.htm#52.105","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"e6a9d7a5b4edbea1753d9dcd286a9781297e714e5273d45ed077279189f69400","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.104","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}