By: Carona S.B. No. 984
(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2011; March 8, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
March 31, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 31, 2011,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 984 By: Carona
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the elimination of certain tariff filing requirements
for telecommunications providers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 52, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 52.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 52.007. TARIFF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PROVIDERS NOT
SUBJECT TO RATE OF RETURN REGULATION. (a) This section applies
only to a telecommunications provider that is not subject to rate of
return regulation under Chapter 53.
(b) A telecommunications provider:
(1) may, but is not required to, maintain on file with
the commission tariffs, price lists, or customer service agreements
governing the terms of providing service;
(2) may make changes in its tariffs, price lists, and
customer service agreements in relation to services that are not
subject to regulation without commission approval; and
(3) may cross-reference its federal tariff in its
state tariff if the provider's intrastate switched access rates are
the same as the provider's interstate switched access rates.
(c) A telecommunications provider may withdraw a tariff,
price list, or customer service agreement not required to be filed
or maintained with the commission under this section if the
telecommunications provider:
(1) files written notice of the withdrawal with the
commission; and
(2) notifies its customers of the withdrawal and posts
the current tariffs, price lists, or generic customer service
agreements on the telecommunications provider's Internet website.
(d) The commission may not require a telecommunications
provider to withdraw a tariff, price list, or customer service
agreement.
(e) This section does not affect the authority of the
commission to regulate wholesale services, or administer or enforce
Chapter 56 or any other applicable regulation permitted or required
under this title.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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