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House Journal: Page 1322: Thursday, April 6, 1995

18   imputed cost of intrastate access service rates in
19   toll service rates pursuant to existing board orders.
20   The board shall review the tariffs or price lists to
21   ensure that the charges are cost-based and that the
22   terms and conditions contained in the tariffs or price
23   lists unbundle any essential facilities in accordance
24   with the board's rules and any other applicable laws.
25     6.  This section shall not be construed to prohibit
26   the board from enforcing rules or orders entered in
27   contested cases pending on the effective date of this
28   Act to the extent that such rules and orders are
29   consistent with the provisions of this section.
30     7.  Except as provided under section 476.29,
31   subsection 2, and this section, the board shall not
32   impose or allow a local exchange carrier to impose
33   restrictions on the resale of local exchange services,
34   functions, or capabilities.  The board may prohibit
35   residential service from being resold as a different
36   class of service.
37     8.  Any person may file a written complaint with
38   the board requesting the board to determine compliance
39   by a local exchange carrier with the provisions of
40   sections 476.30A through 476.30C, 476.30E, and this
41   section, or any board rules implementing those
42   sections.  Upon the filing of such complaint, the
43   board may promptly initiate a formal complaint
44   proceeding and give notice of the proceeding and the
45   opportunity for hearing.  The formal complaint
46   proceeding may be initiated at any time by the board
47   on its own motion.  The board shall render a decision
48   in the proceeding within ninety days after the date
49   the written complaint was filed.
50     Sec. 10.  NEW SECTION.  476.30E  UNIVERSAL SERVICE.

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 1     1.  The board shall initiate a proceeding to
 2   preserve universal service such that it shall be
 3   maintained in a competitively neutral fashion.  As a
 4   part of this proceeding, the board shall determine the
 5   difference between the cost of providing universal
 6   service and the prices determined to be appropriate
 7   for such service.
 8     2.  The board shall base policies for the
 9   preservation of universal service on the following
10   principles:
11     a.  A plan adopted by the board should ensure the
12   continued viability of universal service by
13   maintaining quality services at just and reasonable
14   rates.
15     b.  The plan should define the nature and extent of
16   the service encompassed within any entities' universal
17   service obligations.
18     c.  The plan should establish specific and
19   predictable mechanisms to provide competitively
20   neutral support for universal service.  Those
21   mechanisms shall include a nondiscriminatory mechanism

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