| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 982 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2011; March 8, 2011, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; |
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| 4 | 4 | | March 24, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 24, 2011, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 982 By: Carona |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas |
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| 13 | 13 | | in relation to extended service areas and toll-free local calling |
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| 14 | 14 | | areas. |
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| 15 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 55, Utilities Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 55.026 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 55.026. NEW ORDERS PROHIBITED AFTER CERTAIN DATE. On |
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| 19 | 19 | | or after September 1, 2011, the commission may not require a |
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| 20 | 20 | | telecommunications provider to provide mandatory or optional |
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| 21 | 21 | | extended area service to additional metropolitan areas or calling |
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| 22 | 22 | | areas. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 55, Utilities Code, is |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended by adding Section 55.049 to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 55.049. EXPANSION PROHIBITED AFTER CERTAIN DATE. On |
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| 26 | 26 | | or after September 1, 2011, the commission may not order an |
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| 27 | 27 | | expansion of a toll-free local calling area. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 29 | 29 | | * * * * * |
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