By Turner of Harris H.B. No. 2726 76R6039 CBH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to telephone prepaid calling services. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 55, Utilities Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 55.253 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 55.253. TELEPHONE PREPAID CALLING SERVICES. (a) In 1-7 this section: 1-8 (1) "Prepaid calling card company" means a company 1-9 that provides a prepaid calling service to the public using its own 1-10 network or resold services. 1-11 (2) "Prepaid calling service" means a prepaid 1-12 telecommunications service that allows an end user to originate a 1-13 call using an access number and authorization code. 1-14 (b) The commission by rule may prescribe standards regarding 1-15 the information a prepaid calling card company shall disclose to 1-16 customers in relation to the rates and terms of service for prepaid 1-17 calling services offered in this state. 1-18 (c) The commission is granted all necessary jurisdiction to 1-19 adopt rules under this section and to enforce those rules and this 1-20 section. 1-21 (d) A violation of a rule adopted under this chapter is 1-22 subject to enforcement under Subchapter B, Chapter 15. 1-23 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-5 passage, and it is so enacted.