Sec. 55.021.  EXTENDED AREA SERVICE.  After notice and a hearing, the commission may order one or more local exchange companies that are dominant carriers to provide:
(1)  mandatory extended area service in accordance with Section 55.022;  or
(2)  optional extended area service in accordance with Section 55.023.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.