{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.171","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 55.171","heading":"DEFINITION.","body":"In this subchapter, \"provider\" means an entity that provides pay telephone service, including:\n(1) an incumbent local exchange company; and\n(2) a subscriber to a customer-owned pay telephone 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 H. PAY TELEPHONES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.55.htm#55.171","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"89f3b0d2d609b08326af4a6ee5a697c6681dfb15e08847a75c27dfbde9a9f39b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.138","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.172"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}