{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.109","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 52.109","heading":"AVAILABILITY OF SERVICE.","body":"(a) The commission may require a telecommunications utility that provides a service to make that service available in an exchange served by the telecommunications utility within a reasonable time after receipt of a bona fide request for the service in that exchange.\n(b) A telecommunications utility may not be required to extend a service to an area if:\n(1) the local exchange company is unable to provide the required access or other service; or\n(2) extending the service would, after consideration of the public interest to be served, impose unreasonable costs on or require unreasonable investments by the telecommunications utility.\n(c) The commission may require from a telecommunications utility or a local exchange company information necessary to enforce this section.\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#52.109","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"7fac299151ea3aede2971b424be14e7f77d32d0239201109a846e71864adfa66","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.108","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-52.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}