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2003 SESSION
HB 2397 Public utilities; communications services.
Introduced by: Joe T. May | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Public utilities; communications services. Gives the State Corporation Commission the authority to enforce the provisions of law that permit a locality to offer communications services, including local telephone service, to customers. Localities that have obtained a certificate to offer local telephone service are required to file an annual report demonstrating that they have complied with the requirements of law regarding certain accounting practices. Localities offering qualifying communications services, including high-speed data and Internet services, are required to provide nondiscriminatory access to for-profit providers of communications services on a first-come, first-served basis, are prohibited from cross-subsidizing such services, and are prohibited from acquiring facilities for such services by eminent domain. The Commission may deem telephone services competitive on the basis of a category of customers, and the Commission may also determine bundles of competitive and noncompetitive services if the noncompetitive services are available separately.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Public utilities; communications services. Gives the State Corporation Commission the authority to enforce the provisions of law that permit a locality to offer communications services, including local telephone service, to customers. Localities that have obtained a certificate to offer local telephone service are required to file an annual report demonstrating that they have complied with the requirements of law regarding certain accounting practices. Localities offering qualifying communications services, including high-speed data and Internet services, are required to provide nondiscriminatory access to for-profit providers of communications services on a first-come, first-served basis, are prohibited from cross-subsidizing such services, and are prohibited from acquiring facilities for such services by eminent domain. The Commission may deem telephone services competitive on the basis of a category of customers, and the Commission may also determine bundles of competitive and noncompetitive services if the noncompetitive services are available separately.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Public utilities; communications services. Gives the State Corporation Commission the authority to enforce the provisions of law that permit a locality to offer communications services, including local telephone service, to customers. Localities that have obtained a certificate to offer local telephone service are required to file an annual report demonstrating that they have complied with the requirements of law regarding certain accounting practices. Localities offering qualifying communications services, including high-speed data and Internet services, are required to provide nondiscriminatory access to for-profit providers of communications services on a first-come, first-served basis, are prohibited from cross-subsidizing such services, and are prohibited from acquiring facilities for such services by eminent domain. The Commission may deem telephone services competitive on the basis of a category of customers, and the Commission may also determine bundles of competitive and noncompetitive services if the noncompetitive services are available separately.