Texas § UT.56.104 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CHARGES
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§ UT.56.104. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CHARGES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CHARGES. (a) For a call made using the telecommunications relay access service, the person calling or called: (1) may not be charged for a call that originates and terminates in the same local calling area; and (2) shall pay one-half of the total charges established by contract with the commission for intrastate interexchange calls. (b) Charges related to providing the service that, under Subsection (a), are not charged to a person calling or called shall be funded from the universal service fund, as specified by the service provider's contract with the commission. (c) A local exchange company may not impose an interexchange carrier access charge on a call using the service that originates and terminates in the same local calling area. (d) A local exchange company shall provide billing and collection services for the service at just and reasonable rates. Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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Section UT.56.104 ("TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CHARGES") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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