Sec. 52.154.  COMMISSION MAY NOT OVERBURDEN.  The 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 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 210 (S.B. 259), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.