By Armbrister                                          S.B. No. 564
         77R4647 MTB-F                           
                                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. Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Utilities Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 56.0205 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 56.0205.  DEFINITION. In this subchapter,
 1-8     "telecommunications provider" does not include a provider of
 1-9     customer-owned pay telephone service.
1-10           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.