Sec. 52.104.  COMMISSION MAY INVESTIGATE.  (a)  The commission may investigate as necessary to determine the effect and scope of competition in the telecommunications industry.  The investigation may include:
(1)  identifying dominant carriers in the local telecommunications and intraLATA interexchange telecommunications industry;  and
(2)  defining the telecommunications market or markets.
(b)  In conducting an investigation under this section, the commission may:
(1)  hold a hearing;
(2)  issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of a witness or the production of a document;  and
(3)  make findings of fact and decisions to administer this title or a rule, order, or other action of the commission.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.