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SB 626 Local telecommunications services.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Local telecommunications services. Allows a locality, electric commission or board, industrial development authority, or economic development authority in certain underserved areas to offer qualifying telecommunications services, or enter into public-private partnerships to offer such qualifying telecommunications services. A "qualifying telecommunications service" is defined as a telecommunications service, which shall include but is not limited to, high-speed data service and Internet access service, of general application, which is not otherwise generally and competitively available in the geographic area in which the service will be offered by an entity other than the county, city, town, electric commission or board, industrial development authority, or economic development authority. Such services may be provided only after approval by the State Corporation Commission.


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