Texas Administrative Code

(a) Purpose. This section, in conjunction with the audit, eligibility, public reporting, and affidavits of compliance requirements set forth throughout this subchapter, establishes procedures to ensure reasonable transparency and accountability in the administration of the Texas …

(a) Purpose. The purpose of the Texas Universal Service Fund (TUSF) is to implement a competitively neutral mechanism that enables all residents of the state to obtain the basic telecommunications services needed to communicate with other residents, businesses, and governmental e…

(a) No telecommunications provider shall discriminate on the basis of race, nationality, color, religion, sex, marital status, income level, or source of income. (b) No telecommunications provider shall unreasonably discriminate on the basis of geographic location. (c) Nothing in…

(a) Purpose. This section establishes the procedures under which this commission may order reclamation of a code or thousands-block, and under which a code holder may petition the commission for an extension of the period of time allowed for code or thousands-block activation. (b…

(a) Purpose. This section implements the Texas Business & Commerce Code Annotated §44.103 (Bus. & Com. Code) relating to rules, customer information, and isolated violations of the Texas no-call list. (b) Application. This section is applicable to: (1) Certificated telecommunicat…

(a) Notwithstanding the provision of § 26.319 (1)(C) of this title (relating to Access to the Operator of a Local Exchange Company (LEC)) that would otherwise require notice to interexchange carriers, an operator services provider (OSP) must not bill the pay telephone service (PT…

(a) Rate structure. Certificated telecommunications utility (CTU) rates for wholesale service must be designed on a flat access line and/or a local message usage rate basis. Multi-element measured rates are prohibited. In areas without measuring capabilities, the CTU may use a fl…

(a) Application. This section applies to incumbent local exchange companies (ILECs) as that term is defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA), §51.002(3). The obligations prescribed by this section may be applied to an ILEC with fewer than one million access lines in th…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to ensure that a telecommunications service provider that is certificated provides local exchange service, basic local telecommunications service, or switched access service within the state interconnect and maintains interoperable netw…

(a) Applicability. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the provisions relating to expanded interconnection for special access and/or private line services in this section apply to each carrier that is dominant with respect to special access services and that has inter…

(a) Dominant certificated telecommunications utility (DCTU). (1) Bill due date. The bill provided to the customer shall include the payment due date, which shall not be less than 16 days after issuance. (A) The issuance date is the postmark date on the envelope containing the bil…

(a) Notification requirement. A certificated telecommunications utility (CTU) shall inform Spanish-speaking applicants and customers how they can get the information in subsection (b)(1), (2), (3), and (6) of this section in Spanish. This may be accomplished by an informational s…

(a) Application. The provisions of this section apply to residential-customer bills issued by all certificated telecommunications utilities (CTUs). Only subsections (d)(3), (e)(1)(C) and (e)(7) of this section apply to a deregulated company holding a certificate of operating auth…

(a) Dominant certificated telecommunications utility (DCTU). (1) Credit requirements for permanent residential applicants. (A) A DCTU may require a residential applicant for local telecommunications service to establish and maintain satisfactory credit as a condition of providing…

(a) Application. This section applies to incumbent local exchange companies (ILECs), as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §51.002(3), with markets deregulated pursuant to PURA Chapter 65 who choose to offer services through one-day informational notice filings p…

(a) Dominant certificated telecommunications utility (DCTU). (1) A DCTU is relieved of its provider of last resort (POLR) obligations in a market if the market has been deregulated pursuant to Public Utility Regulatory Act Chapter 65. A DCTU with POLR obligations may refuse to pr…

(a) Application. This section applies to electing companies, as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §59.002(1). (b) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish the substantive and procedural requirements for an electing company that chooses to provide an …

(a) Application. This section applies to incumbent local exchange companies (ILECs), as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §51.002(3), which have not elected to be regulated pursuant to PURA Chapters 58 or 59. (b) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establ…

(a) Application. This section applies to any electing company as the term is defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §58.002 who chooses to offer nonbasic services and/or exercise pricing flexibility for basic and nonbasic services through informational notice filings…

(a) Application. This section applies to any electing company as the term is defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §58.002. Other sections applicable to an electing company, include, but are not limited to § 26.211 of this title (relating to Rate-Setting for Service…

(a) Application. This section applies to any electing company as the term is defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §58.002. Other sections applicable to an electing company include, but are not limited to, § 26.224 of this title (relating to Requirements Applicable …

(a) Application. This section applies to any electing company, as the term is defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §58.002. Other sections applicable to an electing company, include, but are not limited to, § 26.225 of this title (relating to Requirements Applicabl…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to implement Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §52.155, which addresses the usage sensitive intrastate switched access rates that can be charged by a telecommunications utility that holds a certificate of operating authority (COA) or…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide the standard for review of an incumbent local exchange company (ILEC) application, filed in accordance with the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) §55.048(c), to recover all costs incurred and all loss of revenue from an ex…

(a) Dominant certificated telecommunications utility (DCTU). (1) Every DCTU shall provide local telecommunications service to each qualified applicant for service and to each of its customers within its certificated area in accordance with § 26.54 (c)(1) of this title (relating t…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to describe the process used to administer requests from telephone service subscribers for two-way toll-free expanded local calling service (ELCS) pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA), Chapter 55, Subchapter C. Only incu…

(a) Code assignments. The following abbreviated dialing codes may be used in Texas: (1) 211--Community Information and Referral Services; (2) 311--Non-Emergency Governmental Service; (3) 411-- (A) Directory Assistance; and (B) Directory Assistance Call Completion; (4) 511--Traffi…

(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to regulate the use of ADADs. (b) Application. The provisions of this section apply to an ADAD used to make a telephone call that originates or terminates in the state of Texas. (c) Requirements for use of an ADAD. A person who operates…

(a) Free blocking. Within 90 days of being declared a dominant carrier, all dominant certificated telecommunications utilities (DCTUs) are required, upon request from the end user only, to block access to all pay-per-call information services when a call is placed to a 1-900-XXX-…

(a) Application. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, this section applies to all telecommunications utilities and providers of commercial mobile radio services otherwise herein referred to as "Providers of Caller ID." This section does not apply to a deregulated compa…

(a) Application. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, in this section the term "utility" shall refer to all dominant certificated telecommunications utilities as defined in § 26.5 of this title (relating to Definitions). (b) Purpose. It is commission policy that custom…

(a) Scope and purpose. This section applies to the certification of a person or entity to provide local exchange telephone service, basic local telecommunications service, and switched access service as holders of certificates of operating authority (COAs) and service provider ce…

(a) Scope and Purpose. This section applies to the registration of telecommunications utilities (i.e., providers of intralata and interlata long distance telecommunications services, prepaid calling services companies pursuant to § 26.34 of this title (relating to Telephone Prepa…

(a) Scope and Purpose. This section applies to the registration of pay telephone service (PTS) providers pursuant to Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA) Chapter 55, Subchapter H, §§55.171 - 55.180 (relating to Pay Telephones) and Chapter 26, Subchapter N, §§ 26.341 - 26.347 of t…

(a) Scope and Purpose. The commission may grant a certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) to provide local exchange telephone service, basic local telecommunications service or switched access service pursuant to Public Utility Regulatory Act (PURA), Chapter 54, Subchapter…

(a) Mission of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC). The mission of the PUC is to assure the availability of safe, reliable, high quality services that meet the needs of all Texans as just and reasonable rates. To accomplish this mission, the PUC shall regulate electric a…

To be eligible to receive awarded funds under the program, an applicant must be in good standing with the department and must: (1) be an organization that participates in: (A) the Child and Adult Care Food Program as administered by the Department; (B) the Head Start Program; or …

The following words and terms, when used in this division, shall have the following meanings, unless the text clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Commissioner--The Texas Commissioner of Agriculture. (2) Department--The Texas Department of Agriculture. (3) Early childhood education p…

The program is designed to award grants: (1) to organizations that participate in: (A) the Child and Adult Care Food Program as administered by the department; (B) the Head Start Program; or (C) other early childhood education programs; and (D) will use awarded funds to provide n…

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) School Day--The midnight before, to 30 minutes after the end of the official school day. (2) School Campus--All areas of the propert…

(a) Authority. Pursuant to an agreement with the USDA, the TDA administers TEFAP for the state of Texas, in accordance with 7 CFR Part 250 , 7 CFR Part 251 , and 2 CFR Part 200 , as applicable. (b) Purpose. The purpose of TEFAP is to serve congregate meals and to distribute food …

In addition to terms and definitions set out in 7 CFR Parts 250 and 251 , and 2 CFR Part 200 , the following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In the event of a conflict between a defin…

If a CE fails to comply with the terms or conditions of its USDA Foods Agreement Between Contracting Entity and Texas Department of Agriculture, TDA may: (1) Immediately terminate or suspend the agreement; and/or (2) Modify the terms of any agreement to ensure the availability of…

(a) Selection criteria. CEs shall be selected for participation in TEFAP based on the following criteria: (1) The organization's geographic location; (2) The number of eligible persons who live in the organization's service area, as identified by poverty, unemployment, or other s…

In addition to the definitions set out in 7 CFR Parts 210 , 215 , 220 , 225 , and 226 , the following words, names, and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Appellant--A person who files an appeal. (2) ARO--Administrative Re…

The following actions proposed or taken by the department are subject to appeal: (1) Denial of an application for program participation; (2) Proposed disqualification from program participation; (3) Proposed termination of a school food authority, institution, or sponsoring organ…

(a) Who may file. A person, or authorized representative, who has received a notice of action may file an appeal of an action described in § 26.202 of this subchapter (relating to Appealable Actions). (b) Methods of filing. An appeal may be filed by any of the following methods: …