| 26 TOC |
Chapter 26 Table of Contents |
12/21/23 |
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| Subchapter A |
General Provisions |
| §26.1 |
Purpose and Scope of Rules. |
05/07/98 |
| §26.3 |
Severability Clause. |
05/07/98 |
| §26.4 |
Statement of Nondiscrimination. |
12/17/00 |
| §26.5 |
Definitions. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.6 |
Cost of Copies of Public Information. |
05/27/99 |
| §26.7 |
Local Exchange Company Assessment. |
02/18/99 |
| §26.9 |
Classification System for Violations of Statutes, Rules, and Orders Applicable to Telecommunications Service Providers. |
10/17/06 |
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| Subchapter B |
Customer Service and Protection |
| §26.21 |
General Provisions of Customer Service and Protection Rules. |
12/27/00 |
| §26.22 |
Request for Service. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.23 |
Refusal of Service. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.24 |
Credit Requirements and Deposits. |
03/10/16 |
| §26.25 |
Issuance and Format of Bills. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.26 |
Foreign Language Requirements. |
12/27/00 |
| §26.27 |
Bill Payment and Adjustments. |
03/10/16 |
| §26.28 |
Suspension or Disconnection of Service. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.29 |
Prepaid Local Telephone Service (PLTS). |
04/04/12 |
| §26.30 |
Complaints. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.31 |
Disclosures to Applicants and Customers. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.32 |
Protection Against Unauthorized Billing Charges. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.33 |
Prompt Payment Act. |
10/03/10 |
| §26.34 |
Telephone Prepaid Calling Services. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.37 |
Texas No-Call List. |
07/02/06 |
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| Subchapter C |
Infrastructure and Reliability |
| §26.51 |
Reliability of Operations of Telecommunications Providers. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.52 |
Emergency Operations. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.53 |
Inspections and Tests. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.54 |
Service Objectives and Performance Benchmarks. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.57 |
Requirements for a Certificate Holder's Use of an Alternate Technology to Meet its Provider of Last Resort Obligation. |
07/30/09 |
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| Subchapter D |
Records, Reports, and Other Required Information |
| §26.71 |
General Procedures, Requirements, and Penalties. |
11/29/07 |
| §26.72 |
Uniform System of Accounts. |
09/08/98 |
| §26.73 |
Annual Earnings Report. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.74 |
Reports on Sale of Property and Mergers. |
02/02/12 |
| §26.75 |
Reports on Sale of 50% or More of Stock. |
09/08/98 |
| §26.76 |
Gross Receipts Assessment Report. |
09/08/98 |
| §26.79 |
Equal Opportunity Reports. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.80 |
Annual Report on Historically Underutilized Businesses. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.81 |
Service Quality Reports. |
09/08/98 |
| §26.85 |
Report on Workforce Diversity and Other Business Practices. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.89 |
Nondominant Carriers' Obligations Regarding Information on Rates and Services |
12/21/23 |
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| Subchapter E |
Certification, Licensing, and Registration |
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| §26.101 |
Certificate of Convenience and Necessity Criteria. |
02/02/12 |
| §26.102 |
Registration of Pay Telephone Service Providers (PTS). |
12/13/10 |
| §26.107 |
Registration of Interexchange Carriers, Prepaid Calling Services Companies, and Other Nondominant Telecommunications Carriers. |
12/13/10 |
| §26.111 |
Certificate of Operating Authority (COA) and Service Provider Certificate of Operating Authority (SPCOA) Criteria. |
12/21/23 |
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| Subchapter F |
Regulation of Telecommunications Service |
| §26.121 |
Privacy Issues. |
11/29/07 |
| §26.123 |
Caller Identification Services. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.124 |
Pay-Per-Call Information Services Call Blocking. |
04/04/12 |
| §26.125 |
Automatic Dialing Announcing Devices (ADADs). |
12/11/13 |
| §26.127 |
Abbreviated Dialing Codes. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.128 |
Telephone Directories. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.129 |
Standards for Access to Provide Telecommunications Services at Tenant Request. |
10/10/00 |
| §26.130 |
Selection of Telecommunications Utilities. |
02/21/12 |
| §26.131 |
Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC)-to-CLEC and CLEC-to-Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) Migration Guidelines. |
09/07/03 |
| §26.133 |
Business and Marketing Code of Conduct for Certificated Telecommunications Utilities (CTUs). |
04/07/14 |
| §26.134 |
Market Test to be Applied in Determining if Markets with Populations Less than 100,000 Should Remain Regulated. |
04/04/12 |
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| Subchapter G |
Advanced Services |
| §26.141 |
Distance Learning, Information Sharing Programs, and Interactive Multimedia Communications and Private Network Services to Certain Entities. |
04/04/12 |
| §26.143 |
Provision of Advanced Services in Rural Areas. |
04/07/14 |
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| Subchapter I |
Alternative Regulation |
| §26.171 |
Small Incumbent Local Exchange Company Regulatory Flexibility. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.172 |
Voting Procedures for Partial Deregulation or Reversal of Partial Deregulation of Telephone Cooperatives. |
11/28/99 |
| §26.175 |
Reclassification of Telecommunications Services for Electric Incumbent Local Exchange Companies (ILECs). |
12/21/23 |
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| Subchapter J |
Costs, Rates and Tariffs |
| §26.201 |
Cost of Service. |
03/01/99 |
| §26.203 |
Rate Policies for Small Local Exchange Companies (SLECs). |
03/01/99 |
| §26.205 |
Rates for Intrastate Access Services. |
04/04/12 |
| §26.206 |
Depreciation Rates. |
07/05/99 |
| §26.207 |
Form and Filing of Tariffs. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.208 |
General Tariff Procedures. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.209 |
New and Experimental Services. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.210 |
Promotional Rates for Local Exchange Company Services. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.211 |
Rate-Setting Flexibility for Services Subject to Significant Competitive Challenges. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.214 |
Long Run Incremental Cost (LRIC) Methodology for Services Provided by Certain Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.215 |
Long Run Incremental Cost Methodology for Dominant Certificated Telecommunications Utility (DCTU) Services. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.216 |
Educational Percentage Discount Rates (E-Rates). |
12/31/98 |
| §26.217 |
Administration of Extended Area Service (EAS) Requests. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.219 |
Administration of Expanded Local Calling Service Requests. |
04/04/12 |
| §26.221 |
Applications to Establish or Increase Expanded Local Calling Service Surcharges. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.223 |
Prohibition of Excessive COA/SPCOA Usage Sensitive Intrastate Switched Access Rates. |
06/20/07 |
| §26.224 |
Requirements Applicable to Basic Network Services for Chapter 58 Electing Companies. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.225 |
Requirements Applicable to Nonbasic Services for Chapter 58 Electing Companies. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.226 |
Requirements Applicable to Pricing Flexibility for Chapter 58 Electing Companies. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.227 |
Procedures Applicable to Nonbasic Services and Pricing Flexibility for Basic and Nonbasic Services for Chapter 58 Electing Companies. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.228 |
Requirements Applicable to Chapter 52 Companies. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.229 |
Requirements Applicable to Chapter 59 Electing Companies. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.230 |
Requirements Applicable to Chapter 65 One-day Informational Notice Filings. |
04/07/14 |
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| Subchapter L |
Wholesale Market Provisions |
| §26.271 |
Expanded Interconnection. |
04/15/99 |
| §26.272 |
Interconnection. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.274 |
Imputation. |
11/23/00 |
| §26.276 |
Unbundling. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.283 |
Infrastructure Sharing. |
05/13/98 |
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| Subchapter M |
Operator Services |
| §26.311 |
Information Relating to Operator Services. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.313 |
General Requirements Relating to Operator Services. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.315 |
Requirements for Dominant Certificated Telecommunications Utilities (DCTUs). |
03/20/02 |
| §26.317 |
Information to be Provided at the Telephone Set. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.319 |
Access to the Operator of a Local Exchange Company (LEC). |
04/07/14 |
| §26.321 |
9-1-1 Calls, "0-" Calls, and End User Choice. |
04/07/14 |
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| Subchapter N |
Pay Telephone Service |
| §26.341 |
General Information Relating to Pay Telephone Service (PTS). |
04/04/00 |
| §26.342 |
Pay Telephone Service Tariff Provisions. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.343 |
Responsibilities for Pay Telephone Service (PTS) of Certificated Telecommunications Utilities (CTUs) Holding Certificates of Convenience and Necessity (CCNs). |
04/04/00 |
| §26.344 |
Pay Telephone Service Requirements. |
04/04/00 |
| §26.345 |
Posting Requirements for Pay Telephone Service Providers. |
02/21/07 |
| §26.346 |
Rates and Charges for Pay Telephone Service. |
02/21/07 |
| §26.347 |
Fraud Protection for Pay Telephone Service. |
04/04/00 |
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| Subchapter O |
Numbering |
| §26.375 |
Reclamation of Codes and Thousand-Blocks and Petitions for Extension of Code and Thousands-Block Activation. |
09/19/02 |
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| Subchapter P |
Texas Universal Service Fund |
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| §26.401 |
Texas Universal Service Fund (TUSF). |
04/04/12 |
| §26.402 |
Transparency and Accountability in the Administration of the Texas Universal Service Fund. |
11/06/12 |
| §26.403 |
Texas High Cost Universal Service Plan (THCUSP). |
12/21/23 |
| §26.404 |
Small and Rural Incumbent Local Exchange Company Universal Service Plan. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.405 |
Financial Need for Continued Support. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.406 |
Implementation of the PURA §56.025. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.407 |
Small and Rural Incumbent Local Exchange Company Universal Service Plan Support Adjustments. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.408 |
Additional Financial Assistance (AFA). |
09/04/06 |
| §26.409 |
Review of Texas Universal Service Fund Support Received by Competitive Eligible Telecommunications Providers. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.410 |
Universal Service Fund Reimbursement for Certain IntraLATA Service. |
05/24/00 |
| §26.412 |
Lifeline Service Program. |
11/25/13 |
| §26.413 |
Link Up for Tribal Lands. |
11/25/13 |
| §26.414 |
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS). |
12/21/23 |
| §26.415 |
Specialized Telecommunications Assistance Program (STAP). |
08/01/12 |
| §26.417 |
Designation as Eligible Telecommunications Providers to Receive Texas Universal Service Funds (TUSF). |
12/21/23 |
| §26.418 |
Designation of Common Carriers as Eligible Telecommunications Carriers to Receive Federal Universal Service Funds. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.419 |
Telecommunication Resale Providers' Designation as Eligible Telecommunications Providers to Receive Texas Universal Service Funds (TUSF) for Lifeline Service. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.420 |
Administration of Texas Universal Service Fund (TUSF). |
11/07/17 |
| §26.421 |
Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Providers to Provide Service to Uncertificated Areas. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.422 |
Subsequent Petitions for Service in Uncertificated Areas. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.423 |
High Cost Universal Service Plan for Uncertificated Areas where an Eligible Telecommunications Provider (ETP) Volunteers to Provide Basic Local Telecommunications Service. |
04/07/14 |
| §26.424 |
Audio Newspaper Assistance Program. |
07/02/06 |
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| Subchapter Q |
9-1-1 Issues |
| §26.433 |
Roles and Responsibilities of 9-1-1 Service Providers. |
12/21/23 |
| §26.435 |
Cost Recovery Methods for 9-1-1 Dedicated Transport. |
11/14/10 |
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| Subchapter R |
Provisions Relating to Municipal Regulation and Rights-of-Way Management |
| §26.461 |
Access Line Categories. |
01/10/07 |
| §26.463 |
Calculation and Reporting of a Municipality's Base Amount. |
01/10/07 |
| §26.465 |
Methodology for Counting Access Lines and Reporting Requirements for Certificated Telecommunications Providers. |
01/10/07 |
| § 26.467 |
Rates, Allocation, Compensation, Adjustments, and Reporting. |
03/26/03 |
| § 26.468 |
Procedures for Standardized Access Line Reports and Enforcement Relating to Quarterly Reporting. |
08/05/02 |
| § 26.469 |
Municipal Authorized Review of a Certificated Telecommunications Provider's Business Records. |
05/01/05 |
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| Appendices |
Provisions Relating to Municipal Regulation and Rights-of-Way Management |
| Appendix I |
Cross Reference; Location of Rule Section in Chapter 23 to New Location in Chapter 25 or Chapter 26. |
01/22/01 |
| Appendix II |
Telecommunications Commonly Used Acronyms. |
12/03/99 |
| Appendix III |
Records, Reports, and Other Information that may be Required. |
12/21/23 |