{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.176","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 55.176","heading":"CHARGE FOR 800-TYPE CALLS.","body":"(a) A provider may charge at a pay telephone a fee of not more than 25 cents for initiating an 800-type call.\n(b) A provider may impose the fee only if:\n(1) the pay telephone is registered with the commission; and\n(2) the provider certifies that the pay telephone complies with commission rules regarding the provision of pay telephone service.\n(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a local exchange company pay telephone.\n(d) A provider may not impose the fee if imposition is inconsistent with federal law.\n(e) A provider may not impose the fee for a:\n(1) local call;\n(2) 911 call;\n(3) local directory assistance call; or\n(4) call that is covered by the Telephone Operator Consumer Services Improvement Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. Section 226).\n(f) A provider who imposes the fee must post on each pay telephone notice that the fee will be charged. The provider must post the notice:\n(1) in plain sight of the user; and\n(2) in a manner consistent with existing commission requirements for posting information.\n(g) The commission may not impose on a local exchange company the duty or obligation to:\n(1) record the use of pay telephone service;\n(2) bill or collect for the use of the pay telephone; or\n(3) remit to the provider the fee authorized by this section.\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#55.176","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"e072c0f592efe97e0a4d7d31f3383ea9e0b103ef6e76f6d6e9cf648f161b0239","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.175","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-55.177"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}