{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Utilities Code § 56.202","heading":"DESIGNATION OF PROVIDER.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding Section 54.001, the commission may designate a telecommunications provider under this section to provide voice-grade services to permanent residential or business premises that are not included within the certificated area of a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity.\n(b) The commission may designate a provider only if the provider is otherwise eligible to receive universal service funds under Section 56.023(b).\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 651, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["UTILITIES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY ACT","SUBTITLE C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES","CHAPTER 56. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE AND UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND","SUBCHAPTER F. SERVICE TO UNCERTIFICATED AREA"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.56.htm#56.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:45Z","sha256":"0bfca23d7eb665bbe8fae27e665d9cea7808d112b1d795cead8f28669fd8df8e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-utilities-code-56.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}