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Tex. Util. Code § 56.103

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE REQUIREMENTS

Known as the Public Utility Regulatory Act

The act spans §§ 11–66 (1,170 sections).

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The telecommunications relay access service shall provide a person with an impairment of hearing or speech with access to the telecommunications network in this state equivalent to the access provided other customers.

(b) The service consists of:

(1) switching and transmission of the call;

(2) live or automated verbal and print translations of communications between a person with an impairment of hearing or speech who uses a telecommunications device for the deaf or a similar automated device and a person who does not have such equipment; and

(3) other service enhancements proposed by the carrier and approved by the commission.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.