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Description/Explanatory Information |
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Effective |
| 26toc-I * |
Table of Contents |
26toc-I.doc |
07/28/09 |
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| Subchapter A |
General Provisions |
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| § 26.1 * |
Purpose and Scope of Rules |
26.1.doc |
05/07/98 |
| § 26.3 |
Severability Clause |
26.3.doc |
05/07/98 |
| § 26.4 * |
Statement of Nondiscrimination. |
26.4.doc |
12/17/00 |
| § 26.5 * |
Definitions. |
26.5.doc |
11/27/02 |
| § 26.6 |
Cost of Copies of Public Information. |
26.6.doc |
05/27/99 |
| § 26.7 |
Local Exchange Company Assessment. |
26.7.doc |
02/18/99 |
| § 26.9 |
Classification System for Violations of Statutes, Rules, and Orders Applicable to Telecomunications Service Providers |
26.9.doc |
10/17/06 |
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| Subchapter B |
Customer Service and Protection |
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| § 26.21 * |
General Provisions of Customer Service and Protection Rules. |
26.21.doc |
12/27/00 |
| § 26.22 * |
Request for Service. |
26.22.doc |
12/27/00 |
| § 26.23 * |
Refusal of Service. |
26.23.doc |
12/27/00 |
| § 26.24 * |
Credit Requirements and Deposits. |
26.24.doc |
04/25/05 |
| § 26.25 * |
Issuance and Format of Bills. |
26.25.doc |
10/17/02 |
| § 26.26 * |
Foreign Language Requirements. |
26.26.doc |
12/27/00 |
| § 26.27 * |
Bill Payment and Adjustments. |
26.27.doc |
12/27/00 |
| § 26.28 * |
Suspension or Disconnection of Service. |
26.28.doc |
12/27/00 |
| § 26.29 * |
Prepaid Local Telephone Service (PLTS). |
26.29.doc |
12/29/99 |
| § 26.30 * |
Complaints. |
26.30.doc |
12/27/00 |
| § 26.31 * |
Disclosures to Applicants and Customers. |
26.31.doc |
11/27/02 |
| §26.32 * |
Protection Against Unauthorized Billing Charges. |
26.32.doc |
09/15/04 |
| §26.34 * |
Telephone Prepaid Calling Services. |
26.34.doc |
08/15/00 |
| §26.37 * |
Texas No-Call List. |
26.37.doc |
07/02/06 |
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| Subchapter C |
Infrastructure and Reliability |
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| § 26.51 |
Reliability of Operations of Telecommunications Providers. |
26.51.doc |
01/24/08 |
| § 26.52 * |
Emergency Operations. |
26.52.doc |
05/15/00 |
| § 26.53 * |
Inspections and Tests. |
26.53.doc |
05/15/00 |
| § 26.54 * |
Service Objectives and Performance Benchmarks. |
26.54.doc |
11/29/07 |
| § 26.55 * |
Monitoring of Service. |
26.55.doc |
05/15/00 |
| § 26.57 * |
Requirements for a Certificate Holder’s Use of an Alternate Technology to Meet its Provider of Last Resort Obligation. |
26.57.doc |
07/30/09 |
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| Subchapter D |
Records, Reports, and Other Required Information. |
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| § 26.71 |
General Procedures, Requirements, and Penalties. |
26.71.doc |
11/29/07 |
| § 26.72 |
Uniform System of Accounts. |
26.72.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 26.73 |
Annual Earnings Report. |
26.73.doc |
05/03/07 |
| § 26.74 |
Reports on Sale of Property and Mergers. |
26.74.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 26.75 |
Reports on Sale of 50% or More of Stock. |
26.75.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 26.76 |
Gross Receipts Assessment Report. |
26.76.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 26.78 |
State Agency Utility Account Information. |
26.78.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 26.79 * |
Equal Opportunity Reports. |
26.79.doc |
07/30/00 |
| § 26.80 * |
Annual Report on Historically Underutilized Businesses. |
26.80.doc |
07/30/00 |
| § 26.81 |
Service Quality Reports. |
26.81.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 26.85 * |
Report on Workforce Diversity and Other Business Practices. |
26.85.doc |
07/30/00 |
| § 26.87 |
Infrastructure Reports. |
26.87.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 26.89 |
Information Regarding Rates and Services of Nondominant Carriers. |
26.89.doc |
12/06/98 |
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| Subchapter E |
Certification, Licensing, and Registration |
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| § 26.101 |
Certification Criteria. |
26.101.doc |
03/25/99 |
| § 26.102 * |
Registration of Pay Telephone Service Providers. |
26.102.doc |
11/05/01 |
| § 26.103 * |
Affiliate Guidelines for Certificates of Convenience and Necessity Holders |
26.103.doc |
12/17/00 |
| § 26.107 * |
Registration of Interexchange Carriers, Prepaid Calling Services Companies, and Other Nondominant Telecommunications Carriers. |
26.107.doc |
11/05/01 |
| § 26.109 * |
Standards for Granting Certificates of Operating Authority (COAs). |
26.109.doc |
07/31/00 |
| § 26.111 * |
Standards for Granting Service Provider Certificates of Operating Authority (SPCOA's). |
26.111.doc |
07/31/00 |
| § 26.113 * |
Amendment of Certificate of Operating Authority (COA) or Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority (SPCOA). |
26.113.doc |
09/02/99 |
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Suspension or Revocation of Certificates of Operating Authority (COAs) and Service Provider Certificates of Operating Authority (SPCOAs). |
26.114.doc |
07/31/00 |
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| Subchapter F |
Regulation of Telecommunications Service |
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| § 26.121 |
Privacy Issues. |
26.121.doc |
11/29/07 |
| § 26.123 |
Caller Identification Services. |
26.123.doc |
11/15/98 |
| § 26.124 * |
Pay-Per-Call Information Services Call Blocking |
26.124.doc |
12/30/99 |
| § 26.125 * |
Automatic Dialing Announcing Devices(ADADs) |
26.125.doc |
07/01/02 |
| § 26.127 * |
Abbreviated Dialing Codes. |
26.127.doc |
11/06/06 |
| § 26.128 * |
Telephone Directories. |
26.128.doc |
01/10/02 |
| § 26.129 * |
Standards for Access to Provide Telecommunicaitons Services at Tenant Request. |
26.129.doc |
10/10/00 |
| § 26.130 * |
Selection of Telecommunications Utilities. |
26.130.doc |
11/29/07 |
| § 26.131 * |
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC)-to-CLEC and CLEC-to-Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) Migration Guidelines. |
26.131.doc |
09/07/03 |
| § 26.133 * |
Business and Marketing Code of Conduct for Certificated Telecommunications Utilities (CTUs). |
26.133.doc |
10/13/03 |
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Market Test to be Applied in Determining if Markets with Populations Less than 30,000 Should Remain Regulated on or After January 1, 2007 |
26.134.doc |
07/12/06 |
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| Subchapter G |
Advanced Services |
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| § 26.141 |
Distance Learning, Information Sharing Programs, and Interactive Multimedia Communications. |
26.141.doc |
11/29/07 |
| § 26.142 |
Integrated Services Digital Network. |
26.142.doc |
04/15/99 |
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Provision of Advanced Services in Rural Areas. |
26.143.doc |
05/15/02 |
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| Subchapter I |
Alternative Regulation |
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| § 26.171 * |
Small Incumbent Local Exchange Company Regulatory Flexibility. |
26.171.doc |
04/05/00 |
| § 26.172 * |
Voting Procedures for Partial Deregulation or Reversal of Partial Deregulation of Telephone Cooperatives |
26.172.doc |
11/28/99 |
| § 26.175 |
Reclassification of Telecommunications Services for Electric Incumbent Local Exchange Companies (ILECs). |
26.175.doc |
03/28/98 |
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| Subchapter J |
Costs, Rates and Tariffs |
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| § 26.201 |
Cost of Service. |
26.201.doc |
03/01/99 |
| § 26.202 |
Adjustment for House Bill 11, Acts 72nd Legislature, First Called Special Session 1991. |
26.202.doc |
03/01/99 |
| § 26.203 |
Rate Policies for Small Local Exchange Companies (SLECs). |
26.203.doc |
03/01/99 |
| § 26.205 * |
Rates for Intrastate Access Services. |
26.205.doc |
07/05/99 |
| § 26.206 |
Depreciation Rates. |
26.206.doc |
07/05/99 |
| § 26.207 |
Form and Filing of Tariffs. |
26.207.doc |
06/22/99 |
| § 26.208 |
General Tariff Procedures. |
26.208.doc |
06/22/99 |
| § 26.209 |
New and Experimental Services. |
26.209.doc |
06/22/99 |
| § 26.210 |
Promotional Rates for Local Exchange Company Services. |
26.210.doc |
06/22/99 |
| § 26.211 |
Rate-Setting Flexibility for Services Subject to Significant Competitive Challenges. |
26.211.doc |
06/22/99 |
| § 26.214 * |
Long Run Incremental Cost (LRIC) Methodology for Services Provided by Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers. |
26.214.doc |
10/23/00 |
| §26.215 * |
Long Run Incremental Cost Methodology for Dominant Certificated Telecommunications Utility (DCTU) Services. |
26.215.doc |
12/21/99 |
| § 26.216 |
Educational Percentage Discount Rates (E-Rates). |
26.216.doc |
12/31/98 |
| § 26.217 * |
Administration of Extended Area Service (EAS) Requests. |
26.217.doc |
11/27/02 |
| § 26.219 * |
Administration of Expanded Local Calling Service Requests. |
26.219.doc |
11/27/02 |
| § 26.221 * |
Applications to Establish or Increase Expanded Local Calling Service Surcharges. |
26.221.doc |
11/27/02 |
| § 26.223 * |
Prohibition of Excessive COA/SPCOA Usage Sensitive Intrastate Switched Access Rates. |
26.223.doc |
06/20/07 |
| § 26.224 * |
Requirements Applicable to Basic Network Services for Chapter 58 Electing Companies. |
26.224.doc |
09/04/06 |
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Requirements Applicable to Nonbasic Services for Chapter 58 Electing Companies. |
26.225.doc |
09/04/06 |
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Requirements Applicable to Pricing Flexibility for Chapter 58 Electing Companies. |
26.226.doc |
10/23/00 |
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Procedures Applicable to Nonbasic Services and Pricing Flexibility for Basic and Nonbasic Services for Chapter 58 Electing Companies. |
26.227.doc |
10/23/00 |
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Requirements Applicable to Chapter 52 Companies. |
26.228.doc |
10/23/00 |
| § 26.229 * |
Requirements Applicable to Chapter 59 Electing Companies. |
26.229.doc |
10/23/00 |
| § 26.230 * |
Requirements Applicable to Chapter 65 One-day Informational Notice Filings |
26.230.doc |
10/17/06 |
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| Subchapter L |
Wholesale Market Provisions |
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| § 26.271 |
Expanded Interconnection. |
26.271.doc |
04/15/99 |
| § 26.272 * |
Interconnection. |
26.272.doc |
03/15/00 |
| § 26.274 * |
Imputation. |
26.274.doc |
11/23/00 |
| § 26.276 |
Unbundling. |
26.276.doc |
07/15/99 |
| § 26.283 |
Infrastructure Sharing. |
26.283.doc |
05/13/98 |
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| Subchapter M |
Operator Services |
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| § 26.311 * |
Information Relating to Operator Services. |
26.311.doc |
03/15/00 |
| § 26.313 * |
General Requirements Relating to Operator Services. |
26.313.doc |
03/15/00 |
| § 26.315 * |
Requirements for Dominant Certificated Telecommunications Utilities (DCTUs). |
26.315.doc |
03/20/02 |
| § 26.317 * |
Information to be Provided at the Telephone Set. |
26.317.doc |
03/15/00 |
| § 26.319 * |
Access to the Operator of a Local Exchange Company (LEC). |
26.319.doc |
03/15/00 |
| § 26.321 * |
9-1-1 Calls, "0-" Calls, and End User Choice. |
26.321.doc |
03/15/00 |
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| Subchapter N |
Pay Telephone Service |
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| § 26.341 * |
General Information Relating to Pay Telephone Service (PTS). |
26.341.doc |
04/04/00 |
| § 26.342 * |
Pay Telephone Service Tariff Provisions. |
26.342.doc |
04/04/00 |
| § 26.343 * |
Responsibilities for Pay Telephone Service (PTS) of Certificated Telecommunications Utilities (CTUs) Holding Certificates of Convenience and Necessity (CCNs). |
26.343.doc |
04/04/00 |
| § 26.344 * |
Pay Telephone Service Requirements. |
26.344.doc |
04/04/00 |
| § 26.345 * |
Posting Requirements for Pay Telephone Service Providers. |
26.345.doc |
02/21/07 |
| § 26.346 * |
Rates and Charges for Pay Telephone Service. |
26.346.doc |
02/21/07 |
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Fraud Protection for Pay Telephone Service. |
26.347.doc |
04/04/00 |
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| Subchapter O |
Numbering. |
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| § 26.375 * |
Reclamation of Codes and Thousand-Blocks and Petitions for Extension of Code and Thousands-Block Activation. |
26.375.doc |
09/19/02 |
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| Subchapter P |
Texas Universal Service Fund |
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| §26.401 * |
Texas Universal Service Fund (TUSF). |
26.401.doc |
11/27/02 |
| §26.403 * |
Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan (THCUSP). |
26.403.doc |
10/05/08 |
| §26.404 * |
Small and Rural Incumbent Local Exchange Company Universal Service Plan. |
26.404.doc |
09/04/06 |
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Implementation of the PURA §56.025. |
26.406.doc |
09/04/06 |
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Additional Financial Assistance (AFA). |
26.408.doc |
09/04/06 |
| §26.410 * |
Universal Service Fund Reimbursement for Certain IntraLATA Service. |
26.410.doc |
05/24/00 |
| §26.412 * |
Lifeline Service Program. |
26.412.doc |
12/04/08 |
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Link Up Service Program. |
26.413.doc |
04/08/07 |
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Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS). |
26.414.doc |
05/24/00 |
| §26.415 * |
Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program (STAP). |
26.415.doc |
01/10/02 |
| §26.417 * |
Designation as Eligible Telecommunications Providers to Receive Texas Universal Service Funds (TUSF). |
26.417.doc |
11/19/06 |
| §26.418 * |
Designation of Common Carriers as Eligible Telecommunications Carriers to Receive Federal Universal Service Funds. |
26.418.doc |
04/09/02 |
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Telecommunication Resale Providers' Designation as Eligible Telecommunications Providers to Receive Texas Universal Service Funds (TUSF) for Lifeline Service. |
26.419.doc |
04/08/07 |
| §26.420 * |
Administration of Texas Universal Service Fund. |
26.420.doc |
11/19/06 |
| §26.421 * |
Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Providers to Provide Service to Uncertificated Areas. |
26.421.doc |
05/12/02 |
| §26.422 * |
Subsequent Petitions for in Uncertificated Areas. |
26.422.doc |
05/12/02 |
| §26.423 * |
High Cost Universal Service for Uncertificated Areas where an Eligible Telecommunications Provider (ETP) Volunteers to Provide Basic Local Telecommunications Service. |
26.423.doc |
09/04/06 |
| §26.424 * |
Audio Newspaper Assistance Program |
26.424.doc |
07/02/06 |
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| Subchapter Q |
9-1-1 Issues |
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| § 26.431 |
Monitoring of Certain 911 Fees. |
26.431.doc |
09/08/98 |
| § 26.433 * |
Roles and Responsibilities of 9-1-1 Service Providers. |
26.433.doc |
05/18/00 |
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Cost Recovery Methods for 9-1-1 Dedicated Transport. |
26.435.doc |
08/20/02 |
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| Subchapter R |
Provisions Relating to Municipal Regulation and Rights-of-Way Management |
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| §26.461 * |
Access Line Categories |
26.461.doc |
01/10/07 |
| §26.463 * |
Calculation and Reporting of a Municipality's Base Amount |
26.463.doc |
01/10/07 |
| §26.465 * |
Methodology for Counting Access Lines and Reporting Requirements for Certificated Telecommunications Providers. |
26.465.doc |
01/10/07 |
| §26.467 * |
Rates, Allocation, Compensation, Adjustments, and Reporting |
26.467.doc |
03/26/03 |
| §26.468 * |
Procedures for Standardized Access Line Reports and Enforcement Relating to Quarterly Reporting |
26.468.doc |
08/05/02 |
| §26.469 * |
Municipal Authorized Review of a Certificated Telecommunications Provider's Business Records |
26.469.doc |
05/01/05 |
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| Appendices |
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| Appendix I * |
Cross Reference; Location of Rule Section in Chapter 23 to New Location in Chapter 25 or Chapter 26. |
26.appI.doc |
01/22/01 |
| Appendix II |
Telecommunications Commonly Used Acronyms. |
26.appII.doc |
12/03/99 |
| Appendix III * |
Records, Reports, and Other Information that may be Required. |
26.appIII.doc |
08/16/07 |
