{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.104","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 56.104","heading":"TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CHARGES.","body":"(a) For a call made using the telecommunications relay access service, the person calling or called:\n(1) may not be charged for a call that originates and terminates in the same local calling area; and\n(2) shall pay one-half of the total charges established by contract with the commission for intrastate interexchange calls.\n(b) Charges related to providing the service that, under Subsection (a), are not charged to a person calling or called shall be funded from the universal service fund, as specified by the service provider's contract with the commission.\n(c) A local exchange company may not impose an interexchange carrier access charge on a call using the service that originates and terminates in the same local calling area.\n(d) A local exchange company shall provide billing and collection services for the service at just and reasonable rates.\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#56.104","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"3cd1a14e928aca56c747b44d6efb589eb526613aa4b423c1ce301f3861af3ecc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.103","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}