(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, Subchapters D and K, Chapter 55, and § 55.011, the commission has only the following jurisdiction over a telecommunications utility subject to this subchapter:
(1) to require registration under § 52.103;
(2) to conduct an investigation under § 52.104;
(3) to require the filing of reports as the commission periodically directs;
(4) to require the maintenance of statewide average rates or prices of telecommunications service;
(5) to require a telecommunications utility that had more than six percent of the total intrastate access minutes of use as measured for the most recent 12-month period to pass switched access rate reductions under this title to customers as required by § 52.112;
(6) to require access to telecommunications service under § 52.105; and
(7) to require the quality of telecommunications service provided to be adequate under § 52.106.
(b) The authority provided by Subsection (a)(5) expires on the date on which § 52.112 expires.

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Terms Used In Texas Utilities Code 52.102

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.