{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.107","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 56.107","heading":"UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND SURCHARGE.","body":"(a) A telecommunications utility may recover the utility's universal service fund assessment for the telecommunications relay access service through a surcharge added to the utility customers' bills.\n(b) The commission shall specify how each telecommunications utility is to determine the amount of the surcharge.\n(c) If a telecommunications utility imposes the surcharge, the bill shall list the surcharge as the \"universal service fund surcharge.\"\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#56.107","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"5e74d6dccaeaecab4ac3cf5876321b0942fc5f8d9ca150220cc9087cee2c8662","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.106","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}