Mississippi House Bill 991 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Revise The Jurisdiction Of The Public Service Commission To Include Certain Video Services; To Amend Section 77-3-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Terms "video Services," "voice Over Internet Protocol Services," "wireless Services," "commercial Mobile Services" And "internet Protocol-enabled Services" Which Were Excluded From The Jurisdiction Of The Commission; To Amend Section 77-3-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Commission May Only Regulate The Rates, Terms And Conditions Of Certain Switched Access Services And Single-line Flat Rate Voice Communication Services; To Provide That An Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier Shall Provide Primary Single-line Flat Rate Voice Communication Service To The Premises Of Permanent Residence Or Business Within Its Franchised Service Territory, If The Cost To The Requesting Party Does Not Exceed A Certain Amount; To Provide That Certain Telecommunication Utilities Shall Only Be Required To File Financial Or Service Quality Information That Is Required To Be Filed With The Federal Communications Commission; And For Related Purposes.

Public utilities; revise jurisdiction of Public Service Commission to include certain technological services.

Rep. William Shirley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Public Utilities

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0991.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0991IN.htm