SB 245-15_ Filed 01/23/2006, 10:58 Simpson

SENATE MOTION


MADAM PRESIDENT:

    I move
that Senate Bill 245 be amended to read as follows:

SOURCE: Page 15, line 30; (06)MO024516.15. -->     Page 15, between lines 30 and 31, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    " (g) If, after a hearing under subsection (e), the commission determines that the provider offers broadband service to fifty percent (50%) of the households in the local exchange area as required under subsection (e), the provider shall reinvest an amount equal to the incremental revenue accruing to the provider as a result of all rate increases imposed by the provider under subsection (c) or (d) in any of the following:
        (1) Facilities, equipment, or technology used to provide communications service (as defined in section 13 of this chapter) to Indiana customers, including customers in underserved or rural areas.
        (2) Service quality initiatives designed to improve the delivery of basic telecommunications service to Indiana customers.
        (3) Other programs and infrastructure designed to benefit Indiana customers.
".
    Page 15, line 31, delete "(g)" and insert " (h)".
    Page 16, between lines 3 and 4, begin a new paragraph and insert:
    " (i) After June 30, 2009, a provider may not raise the provider's rates for basic telecommunications service for a particular customer class in Indiana above the rates for basic telecommunications service for the particular customer class that are in effect on June 30, 2009.".
    Page 16, line 12, delete "The" and insert " A tariff filed under this subdivision may not include rates for basic telecommunications service that exceed those allowed under section 1.3(i) of this chapter. Subject to section 1.3(i) of this chapter, the".
    Page 16, line 22, delete "to the sole issue of the provider's compliance with the" and insert " to one (1) or both of the following issues:
        (1) The filed tariff's compliance with section 1.3(i) of this

chapter.
        (2) The provider's compliance with the filed tariff.
".
    Page 16, line 23, delete "filed tariff.".
    (Reference is to SB 245 as printed January 12, 2006.)

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Senator SIMPSON


MO024516/DI 101
2006