| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §102, sub-§13, ¶¶C and D, as repealed and replaced by | PL 1991, c. 342, §2, are amended to read: |
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| C. The commission's jurisdiction and control over and | regulation of basic exchange telephone service offered by a | provider of mobile telecommunications services if, after | investigation and hearing, the commission determines that | the provider is engaged in the provision of basic exchange | telephone service; and |
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| D. Negotiations for, or negates agreements or arrangements | existing on the effective date of this paragraph relating | to, rates, terms and conditions for interconnection provided | by a telephone utility to a company providing radio paging | or mobile telecommunications services.; and |
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| | Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §102, sub-§13, ¶¶E and F are enacted to read: |
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| E.__The commission's jurisdiction, control and regulation of | radio paging service and mobile telecommunications service | for the purpose of central office code conservation | measures; and |
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| F.__The commission's jurisdiction, control and regulation of | radio paging service and mobile telecommunications service | for the purpose of requiring contributions toward a state | universal service fund or other program established under | section 7104. |
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| | This bill grants the Public Utilities Commission limited | jurisdiction over radio paging and mobile telecommunications | services. It requires radio paging and mobile telecommunication | service providers to comply with any central office code | conservation measures adopted by the commission that may be | necessary to prevent or delay the adoption of a 2nd area code for | the State. The bill also clarifies the commission's jurisdiction | to require mobile telecommunications service providers to | participate in state universal service efforts, including | assessments toward a state universal service fund. |
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