Sec. 52.111.  COMMISSION MAY EXEMPT.  The commission may exempt from a requirement of this subchapter a telecommunications utility that:
(1)  does not have a significant effect on the public interest, as determined by the commission;  or
(2)  relies solely on the facilities of others to complete long distance calls, if the commission determines that the exemption is in the public interest.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.