{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-54.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 54.002","heading":"EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FOR SERVICE EXTENSION.","body":"(a) A telecommunications utility is not required to obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority for an:\n(1) extension into territory that is:\n(A) contiguous to the territory the telecommunications utility serves;\n(B) not receiving similar service from another telecommunications utility; and\n(C) not in another telecommunications utility's certificated area;\n(2) extension in or to territory the telecommunications utility serves or is authorized to serve under a certificate of public convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority; or\n(3) operation, extension, or service in progress on September 1, 1975.\n(b) An extension allowed by Subsection (a) is limited to a device used:\n(1) to interconnect existing facilities; or\n(2) solely to transmit telecommunications utility services from an existing facility to a customer of retail utility service.\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 54. CERTIFICATES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.54.htm#54.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"8a8fd2802f989ef67e9d9b80e1d40f18fd14d3589159471b05a4e320e8775ecd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-54.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-54.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}