{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 55.021","heading":"EXTENDED AREA SERVICE.","body":"After notice and a hearing, the commission may order one or more local exchange companies that are dominant carriers to provide:\n(1) mandatory extended area service in accordance with Section 55.022; or\n(2) optional extended area service in accordance with Section 55.023.\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 B. EXTENDED AREA SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.55.htm#55.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"a59d9361c806b89c101dbfbd148b13e9591c80dfb5cd9b070ab852d264f24f46","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.017","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}