Bill Text: MI HB6551 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Communications; telecommunications; telephone directory and service quality standard requirements for basic local exchange service providers; modify. Amends secs. 202 & 309 of 1991 PA 179 (MCL 484.2202 & 484.2309).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-11-10 - Printed Bill Filed 11/10/2010 [HB6551 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB6551-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 6551

 

November 9, 2010, Introduced by Rep. Melton and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.

 

     A bill to amend 1991 PA 179, entitled

 

"Michigan telecommunications act,"

 

by amending sections 202 and 309 (MCL 484.2202 and 484.2309), as

 

amended by 2005 PA 235.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 202. (1) In addition to the other powers and duties

 

prescribed by this act, the commission shall do all of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Establish by order the manner and form in which

 

telecommunication providers of regulated services within the state

 

keep accounts, books of accounts, and records in order to determine

 

the total service long run incremental costs and imputation

 

requirements of this act of providing a service. The commission

 

requirements under this subdivision shall be consistent with any


 

regulations covering the same subject matter made by the federal

 

communications commission.

 

     (b) Require by order that a provider of a regulated service,

 

including access service, make available for public inspection and

 

file with the commission a schedule of the provider's rates,

 

services, and conditions of service, including access service

 

provided by contract.

 

     (c) Promulgate rules under section 213 to establish and

 

enforce quality standards for all of the following:

 

     (i) The provision of basic local exchange service to end users.

 

     (ii) The provision of unbundled network elements and local

 

interconnection services to providers which are used in the

 

provision of basic local exchange service.

 

     (iii) The timely and complete transfer of an end user from 1

 

provider of basic local exchange service to another provider.

 

     (iv) Providers of basic local exchange service that cease to

 

provide the service to any segment of end users or geographic area,

 

go out of business, or withdraw from the state, including the

 

transfer of customers to other providers and the reclaiming of

 

unused telephone numbers.

 

     (d) Preserve the provision of high quality basic local

 

exchange service.

 

     (2) Rules promulgated under subsection (1)(c) shall include

 

remedies for the enforcement of the rules that are consistent with

 

this act and federal law. Rules promulgated under subsection

 

(1)(c)(ii) shall not apply to the provision of unbundled network

 

elements and local interconnection services subject to quality


 

standards in an interconnection agreement approved by the

 

commission. In promulgating any rules under subsection (1)(c), the

 

commission shall consider to what extent current market conditions

 

are sufficient to provide adequate service quality to basic local

 

exchange service end users. Any service quality rules promulgated

 

under subsection (1)(c) by the commission shall expire within 3

 

years of the effective date of the rules. The commission may, prior

 

to the expiration of the rules, promulgate new rules under

 

subsection (1)(c) on June 30, 2011.

 

     (3) The commission shall permit the electronic filing of any

 

pleadings, tariffs, or any other document required or allowed to be

 

filed with the commission under this act.

 

     Sec. 309. (1) A provider of basic local exchange service shall

 

provide to each customer local directory assistance and may

 

distribute a printed telephone directory to each customer. If a

 

provider of basic local exchange service elects not to distribute a

 

printed telephone directory to each customer, that provider shall

 

provide a printed telephone directory to a customer upon request,

 

at no additional charge to the customer. , an annual printed

 

telephone directory.

 

     (2) A provider of basic local exchange service shall provide

 

each customer at no additional charge the option of having access

 

to 900 prefix services blocked through the customer's exchange

 

service.

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