Texas § 56.108 SELECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CARRIER.

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§ 56.108 — SELECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CARRIER.

Texas § 56.108

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Tex. Utilities Code Code Ann. § 56.108 (2026).

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Sec. 56.108. SELECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CARRIER.

(a)The commission shall select one telecommunications carrier to provide the statewide telecommunications relay access service.

(b)The commission shall make a written award of the contract to the telecommunications carrier whose proposal is the most advantageous to this state, considering:

(1)price;

(2)the interests of the community of persons with an impairment of hearing or speech in having access to a high quality and technologically advanced telecommunications system; and

(3)any other factor listed in the commission's request for proposals.

(c)The commission shall consider each proposal in a manner that does not disclose the contents of the proposal to a telecommunications carrier making a competing propos

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Sec. 56.108. SELECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY ACCESS SERVICE CARRIER. (a) The commission shall select one telecommunications carrier to provide the statewide telecommunications relay access service.
(b) The commission shall make a written award of the contract to the telecommunications carrier whose proposal is the most advantageous to this state, considering:
(1) price;
(2) the interests of the community of persons with an impairment of hearing or speech in having access to a high quality and technologically advanced telecommunications system; and
(3) any other factor listed in the commission's request for proposals.
(c) The commission shall consider each proposal in a manner that does not disclose the contents of the proposal to a telecommunications carrier making a competing proposal.
(d) The commission's evaluation of a telecommunications carrier's proposal shall include the:
(1) charges for the service;
(2) service enhancements proposed by the carrier;
(3) technological sophistication of the network proposed by the carrier; and
(4) date proposed for beginning the service.