{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.175","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 55.175","heading":"CHARGE FOR LOCAL CALLS.","body":"(a) The commission shall establish the limit on the amount a provider may charge for a pay telephone coin sent-paid call in the local exchange company's toll-free calling area.\n(b) The commission may establish a statewide ceiling on the amount a provider may charge for a local pay telephone call that is:\n(1) collect;\n(2) operator assisted; or\n(3) paid by credit card or calling card.\n(c) The commission may not establish the ceiling under Subsection (b) at an amount that is less than the applicable local rates for such a call imposed by any of the four largest interexchange telecommunications carriers operating in this state.\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#55.175","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"784a214aeb8b99e2cbac424bf2817bb476cb3b81853dbb700a55a7eda770a955","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.174","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.176"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}