{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.110","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 56.110","heading":"ADVISORY COMMITTEE.","body":"(a) An advisory committee to assist the commission in administering this subchapter is composed of the following persons appointed by the commission:\n(1) two persons with disabilities that impair the ability to effectively access the telephone network other than disabilities described by Subdivisions (2)-(7);\n(2) one deaf person recommended by the Texas Deaf Caucus;\n(3) one deaf person recommended by the Texas Association of the Deaf;\n(4) one person with a hearing impairment recommended by Self-Help for the Hard of Hearing;\n(5) one person with a hearing impairment recommended by the American Association of Retired Persons;\n(6) one deaf and blind person recommended by the Texas Deaf/Blind Association;\n(7) one person with a speech impairment and one person with a speech and hearing impairment recommended by the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities;\n(8) two representatives of telecommunications utilities, one representing a nonlocal exchange utility and one representing a local exchange company, chosen from a list of candidates provided by the Texas Telephone Association;\n(9) two persons, at least one of whom is deaf, with experience in providing relay services recommended by the department; and\n(10) two public members recommended by organizations representing consumers of telecommunications services.\n(b) Members of the advisory committee serve two-year terms. A member whose term has expired shall continue to serve until a qualified replacement is appointed.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.08(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1553, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 532 (S.B. 512), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.","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#56.110","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"2d0524d653962f6c0db8f449b300c1860601cb52d0c6f981b84b2084449d9f18","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.109","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.111"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}