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Tex. Util. Code § 55.042 (2026)

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Sec. 55.042. CONTIGUOUS EXCHANGE. The commission may expand a toll-free local calling area into an exchange that is not in a metropolitan exchange but is in a local calling area that is contiguous to a metropolitan exchange that the commission determines has a community of interest with the exchange for which a petition is filed under this subchapter.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2006–2015 · leading case: ASAP Paging Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 213 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. App.—Austin 2006).
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ASAP Paging Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, 213 S.W.3d 380 (Tex. App.—Austin 2006). “” Tex. UtiLCode Ann. § 55.042 (West 1998); see generally id.”
ASAP Paging, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas & CenturyTel of San Marcos, Inc., No. 03-05-00172-CV (Tex. App.—Austin May 5, 2006). “” Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 55.042 (West 1998); see generally id.”
ASAP Paging, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas & CenturyTel of San Marcos, Inc., No. 03-05-00172-CV (Tex. App.—Austin May 5, 2006). “” Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 55.042 (West 1998); see generally id .”
Entergy Texas, Inc. v. Pub. Util. Comm'n of Texas, No. 03-14-00709-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 18, 2015). “See Tex. Util. Code Ann. § 55.042 (b) 12 (West 2007) (emphasis added).”
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