Texas Utilities Code - UTIL § 54.303. Successor Telecommunications Utility When no Sufficient Facilities Exist

(a) When the commission obtains notice as required under Section 54.253 or otherwise that a utility intends to become an exiting utility and no other telecommunications utility has facilities sufficient to provide basic local telecommunications service in that defined geographic area, the commission shall open a contested case proceeding to determine:

(b) On designation as the successor utility under this section, the commission, if applicable, shall provide to the successor utility:

(c) A customer within the defined geographic area to be served by the successor utility is considered to have applied for service from the successor utility on the effective date of that designation by the commission. Each right, privilege, and obligation of being a customer of the successor utility applies to that customer and the customer is subject to the successor utility's applicable terms of service as specified in an applicable tariff or contract.