{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.103","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 56.103","heading":"TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) The telecommunications relay access service shall provide a person with an impairment of hearing or speech with access to the telecommunications network in this state equivalent to the access provided other customers.\n(b) The service consists of:\n(1) switching and transmission of the call;\n(2) live or automated verbal and print translations of communications between a person with an impairment of hearing or speech who uses a telecommunications device for the deaf or a similar automated device and a person who does not have such equipment; and\n(3) other service enhancements proposed by the carrier and approved by the commission.\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 56. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND","SUBCHAPTER D. STATEWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.56.htm#56.103","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"c0745783067091a305fbe71afcbe8ced26e57ee26d3a03dfe287c526c5ba3b2c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.102","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}