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Senate committee sends telecommunications amendments to the Senate after stakeholder-backed changes
Summary
The Senate Transportation committee unanimously recommended Senate Bill 269, which updates state rules on telecommunications carriers, clarifies carrier-of-last-resort relief, and focuses state universal-service funds on noncompetitive areas after stakeholder negotiations.
Senator Harper, chair of the Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Standing Committee, said the committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 269, Telecommunications Amendments, with a favorable recommendation to the full Senate.
The bill updates state law related to incumbent telephone corporations, clarifies distinctions between price-regulated and rate-of-return carriers, and provides a process for carrier-of-last-resort relief while preserving consumer…
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