Rural Texas telephone companies sue PUC for illegally withholding revenues
VIDEO: Rural Texas telephone companies sue PUC for illegally withholding revenues By Tamlyn Cochran | January 21, 2021 at 4:13 PM CST - Updated January 22 at 1:44 AM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Almost 50 rural Texas telephone companies have filed a lawsuit against the Public Utility Commission of Texas, accusing the state regulatory agency of illegally withholding universal service fund revenues crucial to maintaining to statewide telecommunications network in rural areas.
State of Texas; and allege that without this vital funding, telecommunications service to customers in rural areas of the state is placed in jeopardy.
The lawsuit was filed Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Travis County District Court in Austin, requesting an emergency restraining order for a judge to declare “void” the commission’s illegal funding reduction to the Legislature’s laws which mandate funding for services to primarily
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