Title: Basic Phone Service Deregulation
Signed by Governor Phil Bredesen
Title: Basic Phone Service Deregulation
Vote to pass a bill that authorizes both incumbent and non-incumbent providers of local and intrastate telephone service to elect to operate pursuant to market regulation, thereby limiting the Tennessee Regulatory Authority's jurisdiction over those providers, including the Authority's ability to regulating pricing.
-Specifies that providers that elect to operate pursuant to market regulation are still subject to the Authority's jurisdiction with respect to the following actions (Sec. 2):
Title: Basic Phone Service Deregulation
NOTE: THIS BILL WAS AMENDED BY STRIKING THE ENTIRETY OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT AND REPLACING IT WITH THE TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.