{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 55.007","heading":"MINIMUM SERVICES.","body":"(a) The commission shall require a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity or a certificate of operating authority to provide at the applicable tariff rate, if any, to each customer, regardless of race, national origin, income, or residence in an urban or rural area:\n(1) single-party service;\n(2) tone-dialing service;\n(3) basic custom calling features;\n(4) equal access for an interLATA interexchange carrier on a bona fide request; and\n(5) digital switching capability in an exchange on customer request, provided by a digital switch in the exchange or by connection to a digital switch in another exchange.\n(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an electing incumbent local exchange company serving more than 175,000 but fewer than 1,500,000 access lines on January 1, 1995, shall install a digital switch in each central office that serves an exchange of fewer than 20,000 access lines.\n(c) The commission may temporarily waive a requirement imposed by Subsection (a) or (b) on a showing of good cause.\n(d) The commission may not consider the cost of implementing this section in determining whether an electing company is entitled to:\n(1) a rate increase under Chapter 58 or 59; or\n(2) increased universal service funds under Subchapter B, Chapter 56.\n(e) Expired.\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 55. REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.55.htm#55.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"c493d43bafc115d487755879d00b0941facce6d162c0e58bc4aeedd8e9d75ec3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}