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.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1351 was passed by the House on April
         4, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 1351 was passed by the Senate on May
         15, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor