{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-54.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 54.003","heading":"EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.","body":"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:\n(1) an interexchange telecommunications service;\n(2) a nonswitched private line service;\n(3) a shared tenant service;\n(4) a specialized communications common carrier service;\n(5) a commercial mobile service; or\n(6) an operator service as defined by Section 55.081.\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#54.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"38f8fafff0428c3e0578d6818120cfa5d060223ecbb2bc022faa25486ccb17a5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-54.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-54.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}