Sec. 54.001.  CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.  A person may not provide local exchange telephone service, basic local telecommunications service, or switched access service unless the person obtains a:
(1)  certificate of convenience and necessity;
(2)  certificate of operating authority;  or
(3)  service provider certificate of operating authority.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.