House File 666 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WHITAKER


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to competitive local exchange service providers.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2995HH 81
  4 kk/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 476.55, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, if enacted by 2005 Iowa Acts, House File 277, is
  1  3 amended to read as follows:
  1  4    Notwithstanding section 476.1D, the board may receive a
  1  5 complaint from a local exchange carrier that another local
  1  6 exchange carrier has engaged in an activity that is
  1  7 inconsistent with antitrust laws and the policies which
  1  8 underlie them.  For purposes of this subsection, "local
  1  9 exchange carrier" means the same as defined in section 476.96
  1 10 and includes a competitive local exchange service provider as
  1 11 defined in section 476.96 and a city utility authorized
  1 12 pursuant to section 388.2 to provide local exchange services.
  1 13 If, after notice and opportunity for hearing, the board finds
  1 14 that a local exchange carrier has engaged in an activity that
  1 15 is inconsistent with antitrust laws and the policies which
  1 16 underlie them, the board may order any of the following:
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 476.96, subsection 3, Code 2005, is
  1 18 amended to read as follows:
  1 19    3.  "Competitive local exchange service provider" means any
  1 20 person, including a municipal utility, that provides local
  1 21 exchange services, other than a local exchange carrier or a
  1 22 nonrate=regulated wireline provider of local exchange services
  1 23 under an authorized certificate of public convenience and
  1 24 necessity within a specific geographic area described in maps
  1 25 filed with and approved by the board as of September 30, 1992,
  1 26 and includes a successor, assignee, and affiliate of a
  1 27 non=rate=regulated wireline provider of local exchange
  1 28 services.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill relates to competitive local exchange service
  1 31 providers.  The bill provides that the definition of
  1 32 competitive local exchange service provider shall include a
  1 33 successor, assignee, and affiliate of a non=rate=regulated
  1 34 wireline provider of local exchange services.  The bill also
  1 35 amends a provision in 2005 Iowa Acts, House File 277, if
  2  1 enacted, to provide that a competitive local exchange service
  2  2 provider may file a complaint regarding antitrust violations
  2  3 committed by another local exchange carrier with the utility
  2  4 board of the department of commerce.
  2  5 LSB 2995HH 81
  2  6 kk:nh/sh/8