78R10816 MTB-F
By: Puente, Mercer H.B. No. 1542
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1542:
By: Baxter C.S.H.B. No. 1542
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to discounts or other forms of pricing flexibility for
telecommunications services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.004, Utilities Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(a) A discount or other form of pricing flexibility may not
be:
(1) unreasonably preferential, prejudicial, or
discriminatory; or
(2) [,] predatory[,] or anticompetitive.
(c) This title allows an offer based on a reasonable
business purpose, including an offer made at any time to a selected
customer or a group of customers in response to a competitor's offer
or a former customer's acceptance of a competitor's offer if the
price of the offer meets the requirements of Section 52.0584,
58.063, or 59.031.
(d) An offer made under Subsection (c) must be made in
compliance with Chapter 43, Business & Commerce Code, as added by
Chapter 1429, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.