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2002 SESSION

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SB 245 Telecommunications services; local exchange.

Introduced by: William C. Wampler, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Local telecommunications services. Provides that any certificate for local exchange service or interexchange service granted by the SCC after July 1, 2002, shall be for service throughout the Commonwealth. Each local exchange carrier that was certificated before July 1, 2002, to provide service in part of the Commonwealth shall be certificated to provide local exchange service throughout the Commonwealth beginning September 1, 2002. The bill authorizes any county, city or town that operates an electric distribution system to provide telephone services within any locality in which it has electric distribution system facilities as of March 1, 2002, if the locality obtains a certificate for such service from the SCC and complies with all applicable laws and regulations for the provision of competitive telecommunications services. A county, city or town that does not obtain a certificate to provide telephone services may offer qualifying telecommunications services, including high-speed data service and Internet access service, upon application to the SCC. The SCC shall approve such a petition if it is in the public interest, and if the proposed services are not available in quantity, quality, and price from three or more providers in the proposed geographic area. This bill is identical to HB 1021.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/02 025563556  pdf
• 02/05/02  Senate: Committee substitute printed 025594556-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/01/02  House: Committee substitute printed 025604556-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/15/02  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB245ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/05/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0479)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
• House amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/09/02  Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/02 025563556
• 01/09/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/15/02  Senate: Assigned to C. & L. sub-committee: 4
• 02/04/02  Senate: Reported from C. & L. with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
• 02/05/02  Senate: Committee substitute printed 025594556-S1
• 02/06/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/02  Senate: Read second time
• 02/07/02  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/07/02  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 025594556-S1
• 02/07/02  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute 025594556-S1
• 02/08/02  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 2-A)
• 02/08/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N 2-A)
• 02/08/02  Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/02  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/02  Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 1-N 2-A)
• 02/08/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (37-Y 1-N 2-A)
• 02/08/02  Senate: Communicated to House
• 02/13/02  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/02  House: Read first time
• 02/13/02  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/28/02  House: Reported from C. & L. with substitute (10-Y 9-N)
• 03/01/02  House: Committee substitute printed 025604556-H1
• 03/04/02  House: Read second time
• 03/05/02  House: Read third time
• 03/05/02  House: Committee substitute agreed to 025604556-H1
• 03/05/02  House: Amendments by Del. May agreed to
• 03/05/02  House: Amendments by Del. Parrish agreed to
• 03/05/02  House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. w/amds. 025604556-EH1
• 03/05/02  House: Passed House with sub. with amendments (91-Y 1-N)
• 03/05/02  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 1-N)
• 03/06/02  Senate: House sub. w/amds. agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 03/06/02  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 03/06/02  Senate: Rec. of House sub. w/amd. agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/02  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/02  Senate: House sub. w/amds. agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 03/06/02  Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 03/15/02  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB245ER)
• 03/18/02  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/18/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/19/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/04/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 479 (effective 7/1/02)
• 04/05/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0479)