Sec. 54.003.  EXCEPTIONS TO CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.  A telecommunications utility is not required to obtain a certificate of convenience and necessity, a certificate of operating authority, or a service provider certificate of operating authority for:
(1)  an interexchange telecommunications service;
(2)  a nonswitched private line service;
(3)  a shared tenant service;
(4)  a specialized communications common carrier service;
(5)  a commercial mobile service;  or
(6)  an operator service as defined by Section 55.081.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.