{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-53.304","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 53.304","heading":"PROCEDURE TO OFFER CERTAIN SERVICES OR MAKE MINOR CHANGES.","body":"(a) An incumbent local exchange company may offer an extended local calling service, a packaged service, or a new or promotional service on an optional basis or make a minor change in its rates or tariffs if the company:\n(1) is a cooperative corporation or has, together with all affiliated incumbent local exchange companies, fewer than 31,000 access lines in service in this state;\n(2) files with the commission and the office notice, as prescribed by Subsection (b), not later than the 10th day before the effective date of the proposed change;\n(3) provides notice as prescribed by Section 53.305; and\n(4) files with the commission affidavits verifying that notice as prescribed by Section 53.305 was provided.\n(b) The notice must include:\n(1) a copy of a resolution adopted by the incumbent local exchange company's board of directors approving the proposed change;\n(2) a description of the services affected by the proposed change;\n(3) a copy of the proposed tariff for the affected service;\n(4) a copy of the customer notice required by Subsection (a)(3);\n(5) the number of access lines the company and each affiliate have in service in this state; and\n(6) the amount by which the company's total regulated intrastate gross annual revenues will increase or decrease as a result of the proposed change.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 118 (H.B. 2680), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES","CHAPTER 53. RATES","SUBCHAPTER G. SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR SMALL LOCAL EXCHANGE COMPANIES AND COOPERATIVES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.53.htm#53.304","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"b0e702905e6ec948b47e4895b185c38ae33ab098e8fcde1e9751df3b2065a561","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-53.303","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-53.305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}