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1 1 Amend House File 518, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Section 1. Section 476.1D, Code 1995, is amended
1 6 by adding the following new subsection:
1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 10. The board, at the request of
1 8 a long distance telephone company, shall classify such
1 9 company as a competitive long distance telephone
1 10 company if more than half of the company's revenues
1 11 from its Iowa intrastate telecommunications services
1 12 and facilities are received from services and
1 13 facilities that the board has determined to be subject
1 14 to effective competition. The board shall promptly
1 15 notify the director of revenue and finance that a long
1 16 distance telephone company has been classified as a
1 17 competitive long distance telephone company. Upon
1 18 such notification by the board, the director of
1 19 revenue and finance shall assess the property of such
1 20 competitive long distance telephone company, which
1 21 property is first assessed for taxation in this state
1 22 on or after January 1, 1996, in the same manner as all
1 23 other property assessed as commercial property by the
1 24 local assessor under chapters 427, 427A, 427B, 428,
1 25 and 441. As used in this section, "long distance
1 26 telephone company" means an entity that provides
1 27 telephone service and facilities between local
1 28 exchanges, but does not include a cellular service
1 29 provider or a local exchange utility holding a
1 30 certificate issued under section 476.29, subsection
1 31 12."
1 32 #2. Page 7, by striking lines 30 through 32 and
1 33 inserting the following: "intrastate access service
1 34 rates by at least fifty percent of the difference
1 35 between average intrastate access service rates and
1 36 average interstate access service rates as of the date
1 37 that the plan is filed and further reduce such rates
1 38 to the average interstate access service rates within
1 39 ninety days of the date that the plan becomes
1 40 effective."
1 41 #3. Page 12, line 6, by inserting after the word
1 42 "subsection." the following: "A local exchange
1 43 carrier which elects to become price regulated under
1 44 this subsection shall also be subject to subsections 5
1 45 through 8 and subsection 10 in the same manner as a
1 46 local exchange carrier which operates under an
1 47 approved plan of price regulation submitted pursuant
1 48 to subsection 1."
1 49 #4. Page 14, by inserting after line 15 the
1 50 following:
2 1 " . A local exchange carrier which elects to
2 2 become price regulated under this subsection shall
2 3 also be subject to the following:
2 4 (1) The local exchange carrier shall not be
2 5 subject to rate-of-return regulation while operating
2 6 under price regulation.
2 7 (2) All regulated services shall be provided
2 8 pursuant to board-approved tariffs.
2 9 (3) All new regulated service offerings shall be
2 10 reported to the board.
2 11 (4) Rates may be adjusted by the board to reflect
2 12 any changes in revenues, expenses, and investment due
2 13 to exogenous factors beyond the control of the local
2 14 exchange carrier."
2 15 #5. Page 14, by inserting after line 26 the
2 16 following:
2 17 " . This subsection shall not be construed to
2 18 prohibit an additional decrease or to permit any
2 19 increase in a local exchange carrier's average
2 20 intrastate access service rates during the term of the
2 21 local exchange carrier's operation under price
2 22 regulation."
2 23 #6. Page 14, lines 30 and 31, by striking the
2 24 words "a plan of".
2 25 #7. Page 15, by striking lines 15 through 17 and
2 26 inserting the following:
2 27 "In addition to the provisions required in section
2 28 476.30B, a local exchange carrier, prior to operating
2 29 under price regulation, shall make provision for the
2 30 following:"
2 31 #8. By striking page 15, line 35, through page 16,
2 32 line 5, and inserting the following: "affiliates. A
2 33 local telecommunications facility, feature, function,
2 34 or capability of the local exchange carrier's network
2 35 is an essential facility if all of the following
2 36 apply:
2 37 a. Competitors cannot practically or economically
2 38 duplicate the facility, feature, function, or
2 39 capability, or obtain the facility, feature, function,
2 40 or capability from another source.
2 41 b. The use of the facility, feature, function, or
2 42 capability by potential competitors is technically and
2 43 economically feasible.
2 44 c. Denial of the use of the facility, feature,
2 45 function, or capability by competitors is
2 46 unreasonable.
2 47 d. The facility, feature, function, or capability
2 48 will enable competition."
2 49 #9. By striking page 18, line 29, through page 19,
2 50 line 19, and inserting the following: "providers."
3 1 #10. Renumber and relettering as necessary.
3 2
3 3
3 4
3 5 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL
3 6 PATRICK J. DELUHERY
3 7 EMIL J. HUSAK
3 8 MARY A. LUNDBY
3 9 HF 518.229 76
3 10 mj/jj
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