REPORT TITLE:
Telecomm.; Competition


DESCRIPTION:
Requires local incumbent exchange carriers to remove their
infrastructure from the public right of way when other
telecommunications carriers are provided the right to serve rural
or other underserved areas. Authorizes incumbents to negotiate a
sale of infrastructure to the state or to the other carriers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.506        
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 269-42, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(d)  Telecommunications carriers may compete to provide
 
 4 services to underserved areas using funds from the universal
 
 5 service program.  Notwithstanding any law or charter provision to
 
 6 the contrary, the commission may require an incumbent local
 
 7 exchange carrier's telecommunications infrastructure to be
 
 8 removed from the public right of way in a specified area to allow
 
 9 the installation of another telecommunications carrier's
 
10 infrastructure when another telecommunications carrier secures
 
11 the right to provide competitive service to rural or underserved
 
12 areas.  The incumbent local exchange carrier may negotiate for
 
13 the sale of the infrastructure to the State or to another
 
14 telecommunications carrier.  The commission may award funds from
 
15 the universal service fund for the purposes of this section.
 
16      For the purposes of this section[, "underserved]:
 
17      "Incumbent local exchange carrier" has the same meaning as
 
18 defined in 47 United States Code §251(h)(1).
 
19      "Underserved areas" means those areas in the State that lack
 

 
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 1 or have very limited access to high capacity, advanced
 
 2 telecommunications networks and information services, including
 
 3 access to cable television."
 
 4      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 5 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 6      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 8                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________