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2022 SESSION

22102128D
HOUSE BILL NO. 112
Offered January 12, 2022
Prefiled January 7, 2022
A BILL to permit the State Corporation Commission to designate any commercial mobile radio or cellular telephone service provider as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing Lifeline service.
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Patrons-- Kilgore, Helmer and Kory
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Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The State Corporation Commission may designate any commercial mobile radio or cellular telephone service provider as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing Lifeline service, in addition to any commercial mobile radio or cellular telephone service providers designated as such pursuant to 47 U.S.C. §§ 214(e) and (e)(2), without requiring any such provider to obtain a certificate pursuant to the provisions of § 56-265.4:4 The Commission is authorized to promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.