Tex.
Utils. Code Section 55.007
Minimum Services
(a)
The commission shall require a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity or a certificate of operating authority to provide at the applicable tariff rate, if any, to each customer, regardless of race, national origin, income, or residence in an urban or rural area:(1)
single-party service;(2)
tone-dialing service;(3)
basic custom calling features;(4)
equal access for an interLATA interexchange carrier on a bona fide request; and(5)
digital switching capability in an exchange on customer request, provided by a digital switch in the exchange or by connection to a digital switch in another exchange.(b)
Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an electing incumbent local exchange company serving more than 175,000 but fewer than 1,500,000 access lines on January 1, 1995, shall install a digital switch in each central office that serves an exchange of fewer than 20,000 access lines.(c)
The commission may temporarily waive a requirement imposed by Subsection (a) or (b) on a showing of good cause.(d)
The commission may not consider the cost of implementing this section in determining whether an electing company is entitled to:(1)
a rate increase under Chapter 58 (Incentive Regulation) or 59 (Infrastructure Plan); or(2)
increased universal service funds under Subchapter B (Universal Service Fund Established), Chapter 56 (Telecommunications Assistance and Universal Service Fund).(e)
Expired.
Source:
Section 55.007 — Minimum Services, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.55.htm#55.007
(accessed May 4, 2024).