{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 55.023","heading":"OPTIONAL EXTENDED AREA SERVICE.","body":"(a) The commission may order optional extended area service in a specified calling area if:\n(1) each affected company and the representatives of at least one political subdivision in the proposed calling area agree to the service; and\n(2) the proposed common calling area has a single, continuous boundary.\n(b) The commission may not adopt rules that diminish in any manner the ability of an affected company or a political subdivision to enter into joint agreements for optional extended area service under this section.\n(c) In this section, \"political subdivision\" means:\n(1) a county;\n(2) a municipality; or\n(3) an unincorporated town or village that has 275 or more access lines.\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#55.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"4db5fec732ca463476d27f0f42d58e14bc54f91dc1136995e0508716de716103","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}