{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-53.252","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 53.252","heading":"ADOPTION OF CERTAIN POLICIES.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the commission shall consider and may adopt policies to:\n(1) provide for evaluation of the overall reasonableness of the rates of a rural or small incumbent local exchange company or cooperative not more frequently than once every three years;\n(2) permit consideration of future construction plans and operational changes in evaluating the reasonableness of the rates of a rural or small incumbent local exchange company or cooperative; or\n(3) allow a rural or small incumbent local exchange company or cooperative to:\n(A) provide required information by report or by other means, as necessary, including a required rate filing package, in substantially less burdensome and complex form than is required of a larger incumbent local exchange company;\n(B) change depreciation and amortization rates, if customer rates are not affected, after notice to the commission, subject to commission review in a proceeding under Subchapter C or Subchapter D;\n(C) adopt for a new service the rates for the same or a substantially similar service offered by a larger incumbent local exchange company, without additional cost justification; and\n(D) submit to the commission, instead of a management audit otherwise required by law, policy, or rule, financial audits regularly performed by an independent auditor or required and performed as a result of the company's or cooperative's participation in a federal or state financing or revenue-sharing program.\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 53. RATES","SUBCHAPTER F. REGULATORY POLICY FOR SMALL INCUMBENT LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANIES AND COOPERATIVES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.53.htm#53.252","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"9d485faf3db7f5810795497fe021b34c886f8587a4e4d9d9d7970e755cd27407","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-53.251","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-53.301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}