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Tex. Util. Code § 52.001 (2026)

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Sec. 52.001. POLICY. (a) It is the policy of this state to protect the public interest in having adequate and efficient telecommunications service available to each resident of this state at just, fair, and reasonable rates.

(b) The telecommunications industry, through technical advancements, federal legislative, judicial, and administrative actions, and the formulation of new telecommunications enterprises, has become and will continue to be in many and growing areas a competitive industry that does not lend itself to traditional public utility regulatory rules, policies, and principles. As a result, the public interest requires that rules, policies, and principles be formulated and applied to:

(1) protect the public interest; and

(2) provide equal opportunity to each telecommunications utility in a competitive marketplace.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2022 · leading case: In Re Sw. Bell Tel. Co. Lp, 235 S.W.3d 619 (Tex. 2007).

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In Re Sw. Bell Tel. Co. Lp, 235 S.W.3d 619 (Tex. 2007). “A Universal Service Universal service — that is, “adequate and efficient telecommunications service” *622 available to all citizens at “just, fair, and reasonable rates” — has long been a policy objective of our state and national governments.”

Coastal Mart, Inc. v. Sw. Bell Tel. Co., 154 S.W.3d 839 (Tex. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “" Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 52.001 (Vernon 1997).”

Texas Bldg. Owners & Managers Ass'n v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 110 S.W.3d 524 (Tex. App. 2003). “Laws 1282 (codified at Tex. Util.Code Ann. § 52.001 (West 1998)).”

GTE Sw. Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n, 10 S.W.3d 7 (Tex. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Util.Code Ann. §§ 52.001, 52.054(a)(2).”

GS Texas Ventures, LLC v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2020). “” (quoting Tex. Util. Code § 52.001)). This appeal concerns Texas’s subsidy fund—the Texas Universal Service Fund, which is governed by the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA), see Tex.”

Texas Tel. Ass'n & Texas Statewide Tel. Coop., Inc., & Their Participating Members Windstream Servs., LLC Texas Windstream, LLC (d/B/A Windstream Commc'ns) Windstream Commc'ns Kerrville, LLC (d/B/A Windstream Commc'ns) Valor Telecomm. of Texas, LLC (d/B/A Windstream Commc'ns Sw.) Windstream Sugar Land LLC v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas Peter Lake, Chairman Will McAdams, Comm'r Lori Cobos, Comm'r & Jimmy Glotfelty, Comm'r, Each in His or Her Off. Capacity at the Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas (Tex. App. 2022). “2007) (quoting Tex. Util. Code § 52.001(a)); citing 47 U.”

Texas Bldg. Owners & Managers Ass'n, Inc. Bldg. Owners & Managers Ass'n Int'l Tanglewood Prop. Mgmt. Co. Emissary Grp. 5599 San Felipe, Ltd. & the Real Access All. v. the Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas & the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2003). “Laws 1282 (codified at Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 52.001 (West 1998)).”

GTE Sw. Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas GE Capital Rescom & MultiTechnology Servs., L.P. (Tex. App. 1999). “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. §§ 52.001 , 52.054(a)(2).”

GTE Sw. Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas GE Capital Rescom & MultiTechnology Servs., L.P. (Tex. App. 2000). “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. §§ 52.001 , 52.054(a)(2).”

— Tex. Util. Code § 52.001(a) — 2 cases

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