{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.026","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 55.026","heading":"NEW ORDERS PROHIBITED AFTER CERTAIN DATE.","body":"On or after September 1, 2011, the commission may not require a telecommunications provider to provide mandatory or optional extended area service to additional metropolitan areas or calling areas.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 98 (S.B. 980), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2011.","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#55.026","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"3c463a69266e298051c2116a9760763e34841804d850608b71bd1ee56adeec02","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.025","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.041"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}