Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 52.109 - Availability of Service(a) The commission may require a telecommunications utility that provides a service to make that service available in an exchange served by the telecommunications utility within a reasonable time after receipt of a bona fide request for the service in that exchange.(b) A telecommunications utility may not be required to extend a service to an area if:(1) the local exchange company is unable to provide the required access or other service; or(2) extending the service would, after consideration of the public interest to be served, impose unreasonable costs on or require unreasonable investments by the telecommunications utility.(c) The commission may require from a telecommunications utility or a local exchange company information necessary to enforce this section. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.