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