79R4992 MTB-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 1178
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to disbursements from the universal service fund to
telecommunications providers for service to rural areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.026(a), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A revenue requirement showing is [not] required for a
disbursement from the universal service fund under this subchapter.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 56.0211 to read as follows:
Sec. 56.0211. UNRECOVERED COSTS. The commission may make
distributions from the universal service fund for a purpose
described by Section 56.021(1) only as necessary to compensate
telecommunications providers for actual costs related to the
provision of basic local telecommunications service that are
unrecovered through revenues.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.