COMMISSION MAY NOT OVERBURDEN.
Tex. UTIL Code § 52.154.
in effectThe commission may not, by a rule or regulatory practice adopted under this chapter, impose on a nondominant telecommunications utility a greater regulatory burden than is imposed on:
(1) a holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity serving the same area; or
(2) a deregulated company, as defined by Section 65.002 , that:
(A) has 500,000 or more access lines in service at the time it becomes a deregulated company; or
(B) serves an area also served by the nondominant telecommunications utility.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 210 (S.B. 259 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.