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TITLE 16ECONOMIC REGULATION
PART 2PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS
CHAPTER 26SUBSTANTIVE RULES APPLICABLE TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDERS
SUBCHAPTER IALTERNATIVE REGULATION
RULE §26.175Reclassification of Telecommunications Services for Electing Incumbent Local Exchange Companies (ILECs)

    (E) No later than 35 days after the effective date of the reclassification, the presiding officer will issue an order approving, denying, or docketing the electing ILEC's application.

  (2) Approval or denial of application. The application will be approved by the presiding officer if the proposed reclassification complies with each requirement of this section. If, based on the administrative review, the presiding officer determines that one or more of the requirements not waived have not been met, the presiding officer must docket the application.

  (3) Standards for docketing. The application may be docketed in accordance with§22.33(b) of this title (relating to Tariff Filings).

  (4) Review of the application after docketing. If the application is docketed, the deadline is automatically suspended to 120 days after the applicant has filed all direct testimony and exhibits, or 155 days after the effective date of the reclassification, whichever is later. Affected persons may move to intervene in the docket, and the presiding officer may schedule a hearing on the merits. The application must be processed in accordance with the commission's rules applicable to docketed cases.


Source Note: The provisions of this §26.175 adopted to be effective March 28, 1999, 24 TexReg 2017; amended to be effective December 21, 2023, 48 TexReg 7524

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