By Brimer H.B. No. 1351
77R7442 MTB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the funding and operation of the universal service
1-3 fund.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 56.022(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (c) The uniform charge is on services and at rates the
1-8 commission determines. In establishing the charge and the services
1-9 to which the charge will apply, the commission may not:
1-10 (1) grant an unreasonable preference or advantage to a
1-11 telecommunications provider; [or]
1-12 (2) assess the charge on pay telephone service; or
1-13 (3) subject a telecommunications provider to
1-14 unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.
1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.