CHAPTER 579
H.P. 1637 - L.D. 2288
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §200-B, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §1 and affected by §105, is further amended to read:
1. Public utility services. As used in this section, the term "public utility services" means services furnished by a public utility as defined in Title 35-A, section 102, subsections 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20-B and 22 whether or not subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.
Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §102, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §102, sub-§13, as amended by PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §7 and affected by §§104 and 105, is further amended to read:
13. Public utility. "Public utility" includes every gas utility, natural gas pipeline utility, transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility, water utility, public heating utility and ferry, as those terms are defined in this section, and each of those utilities is declared to be a public utility. "Public utility" does not include the operation of a radio paging service, as that term is defined in this section, or mobile telecommunications services unless only one entity or an affiliated interest of that entity, as defined in section 707, subsection 1, paragraph A, exclusively controls the use of the radio frequency spectrum assigned by the Federal Communications Commission to provide mobile service to the service area.
Nothing in this subsection precludes:
A. The jurisdiction, control and regulation by the commission pursuant to private and special act of the Legislature;
B. The commission's jurisdiction and control over and regulation of a public utility that pro-vides, in addition to other services, radio paging service or mobile telecommunications services;
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
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.
Effective August 11, 2000, unless otherwise indicated.
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