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First Substitute S.B. 229

Senator Curtis S. Bramble proposes the following substitute bill:


             1     
TELECOMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AMENDMENTS

             2     
2012 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble

             5     
House Sponsor: John Dougall

             6     
             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill enacts provisions relating to specified Internet communication services.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    provides definitions;
             13          .    prohibits the state and a political subdivision of the state from regulating Internet
             14      protocol-enabled service or voice over Internet protocol service; and
             15          .    specifies what the prohibition does not affect.
             16      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             17          None
             18      Other Special Clauses:
             19          None
             20      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             21      ENACTS:
             22          54-19-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             23          54-19-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             24          54-19-103, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             25     


             26      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             27          Section 1. Section 54-19-101 is enacted to read:
             28     
CHAPTER 19. REGULATION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICES

             29          54-19-101. Title.
             30          This chapter is known as "Regulation of Internet Protocol Services."
             31          Section 2. Section 54-19-102 is enacted to read:
             32          54-19-102. Definitions.
             33          (1) As used in this section:
             34          (a) "Internet protocol-enabled service" means any service, functionality, or application
             35      that uses Internet protocol or a successor protocol that enables an end-user to send or receive
             36      voice, data, or video communications.
             37          (b) "Voice over Internet protocol service" means any service that:
             38          (i) enables real time, two-way voice communication originating from or terminating at
             39      the user's location;
             40          (ii) uses a broadband connection from the user's location; and
             41          (iii) permits a user to receive a telephone call that originates on the public switched
             42      telephone network and terminates the call to the public switched telephone network.
             43          Section 3. Section 54-19-103 is enacted to read:
             44          54-19-103. Authority over Internet protocol-enabled services and voice over
             45      Internet protocol services.
             46          (1) A state agency and political subdivision of the state may not, directly or indirectly,
             47      regulate Internet protocol-enabled service or voice over Internet protocol service.
             48          (2) The regulatory prohibition in Subsection (1) does not:
             49          (a) affect or limit the enforcement of criminal or civil laws, including consumer
             50      protection and unfair or deceptive trade practice laws, that apply to the conduct of business;
             51          (b) affect, limit, or prohibit the current or future assessment of:
             52          (i) a tax;
             53          (ii) a 911 fee;
             54          (iii) a universal service fund fee;
             55          (vi) a telecommunication relay fee; or
             56          (v) a public utility regulatory fee;


             57          (c) affect or modify:
             58          (i) a right or obligation of any telecommunications carrier;
             59          (ii) a duty or power of the commission, under 47 U.S.C. Section 251 and 47 U.S.C.
             60      Section 252, including arbitration and enforcement of an interconnection agreement;
             61          (iii) any obligation for the provision of video service by any person; or
             62          (iv) the application of Section 54-8b-2.1 ; or
             63          (f) affect the authority of the state or a political subdivision of the state to manage the
             64      use of a public right of way, including any requirement for the joint use of utility poles or other
             65      structures in the right of way.


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