{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 55.022","heading":"MANDATORY SERVICE.","body":"The commission may order mandatory extended area service in a specified metropolitan area if:\n(1) there is a sufficient community of interest in the area; and\n(2) the company can reasonably provide the 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 55. REGULATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER B. EXTENDED AREA SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.55.htm#55.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"9fbb32e4b685af2144f8fde2cc166057c22b233001e58bc90c4a8d137e3075a2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}