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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the elimination of certain tariff filing requirements |
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for telecommunications providers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 52, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 52.007 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 52.007. TARIFF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PROVIDERS NOT |
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SUBJECT TO RATE OF RETURN REGULATION. (a) This section applies |
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only to a telecommunications provider that is not subject to rate of |
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return regulation under Chapter 53. |
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(b) A telecommunications provider: |
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(1) may, but is not required to, maintain on file with |
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the commission tariffs, price lists, or customer service agreements |
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governing the terms of providing service; |
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(2) may make changes in its tariffs, price lists, and |
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customer service agreements in relation to services that are not |
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subject to regulation without commission approval; and |
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(3) may cross-reference its federal tariff in its |
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state tariff if the provider's intrastate switched access rates are |
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the same as the provider's interstate switched access rates. |
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(c) A telecommunications provider may withdraw a tariff, |
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price list, or customer service agreement not required to be filed |
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or maintained with the commission under this section if the |
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telecommunications provider: |
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(1) files written notice of the withdrawal with the |
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commission; and |
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(2) notifies its customers of the withdrawal and posts |
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the current tariffs, price lists, or generic customer service |
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agreements on the telecommunications provider's Internet website. |
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(d) The commission may not require a telecommunications |
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provider to withdraw a tariff, price list, or customer service |
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agreement. |
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(e) This section does not affect the authority of the |
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commission to regulate wholesale services or administer or enforce |
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Chapter 56 or any other applicable regulation permitted or required |
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under this title. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |