SENATE BILL No. 1096

 

 

March 16, 2004, Introduced by Senators JACOBS, BERNERO and BRATER and referred to the Committee on Technology and Energy.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1991 PA 179, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan telecommunications act,"                                          

                                                                                

    by amending section 305 (MCL 484.2305), as amended by 1995 PA               

                                                                                

    216.                                                                        

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 305.  (1) A provider of basic local exchange service                   

                                                                                

2   shall not do any of the following:                                          

                                                                                

3       (a) Discriminate against another provider by refusing or                    

                                                                                

4   delaying access service to the local exchange.                              

                                                                                

5       (b) Refuse or delay interconnections or provide inferior                    

                                                                                

6   connections to another provider.                                            

                                                                                

7       (c) Degrade the quality of access service provided to another               

                                                                                

8   provider.                                                                   

                                                                                

9       (d) Impair the speed, quality, or efficiency of lines used by               

                                                                                

10  another provider.                                                           

                                                                                


                                                                                

1       (e) Develop new services to take advantage of planned but not               

                                                                                

2   publicly known changes in the underlying network.                           

                                                                                

3       (f) Refuse or delay a request of another provider for                       

                                                                                

4   information regarding the technical design, equipment                       

                                                                                

5   capabilities and features, geographic coverage, and traffic                 

                                                                                

6   patterns of the local exchange network.                                     

                                                                                

7       (g) Refuse or delay access service or be unreasonable in                    

                                                                                

8   connecting another provider to the local exchange whose product             

                                                                                

9   or service requires novel or specialized access service                     

                                                                                

10  requirements.                                                               

                                                                                

11      (h) Upon a request, fail to fully disclose in a timely manner               

                                                                                

12  all available information necessary for the design of equipment             

                                                                                

13  that will meet the specifications of the local exchange network.            

                                                                                

14      (i) Discriminate against any provider or any party who                      

                                                                                

15  requests the information for commercial purposes in the                     

                                                                                

16  dissemination of customer proprietary information.  A provider              

                                                                                

17  shall provide without unreasonable discrimination or delay                  

                                                                                

18  telephone directory listing information and related services to             

                                                                                

19  persons purchasing telephone directory listing information to the           

                                                                                

20  same extent and in the same quality as provided to the provider,            

                                                                                

21  affiliates of the provider, or any other listing information                

                                                                                

22  purchaser.                                                                  

                                                                                

23      (j) Refuse or delay access service by any person to another                 

                                                                                

24  provider.                                                                   

                                                                                

25      (k) Sell, lease, or otherwise transfer an asset to an                       

                                                                                

26  affiliate for an amount less than the fair market value of the              

                                                                                

27  asset.                                                                      


                                                                                

1                                                                                (l) Buy, lease, or otherwise acquire an asset from an                               

                                                                                

2   affiliate of the provider for an amount greater than the fair               

                                                                                

3   market value of the asset.                                                  

                                                                                

4       (m) Bundle unwanted services or products for sale or lease to               

                                                                                

5   another provider.                                                           

                                                                                

6       (n) Perform any act that has been prohibited by this act or                 

                                                                                

7   an order of the commission.                                                 

                                                                                

8       (o) Sell services or products, extend credit, or offer other                

                                                                                

9   terms and conditions on more favorable terms to an affiliate of             

                                                                                

10  the provider than the provider offers to other providers.                   

                                                                                

11      (p) Discriminate in favor of an affiliated burglar and fire                 

                                                                                

12  alarm service over a similar service offered by another                     

                                                                                

13  provider.                                                                   

                                                                                

14      (2) A provider of cellular telecommunication services shall                 

                                                                                

15  not do  either  any of the following:                                       

                                                                                

16      (a) Unreasonably provide services, extend credit, or offer                  

                                                                                

17  other terms and conditions on more favorable terms to an                    

                                                                                

18  affiliate of the provider or to its retail department that sells            

                                                                                

19  to end users than the provider offers to other providers.                   

                                                                                

20      (b) Unreasonably use rates or proceeds from providers,                      

                                                                                

21  directly or indirectly, to subsidize or offset the costs of                 

                                                                                

22  cellular service offered by the provider, or an affiliate of the            

                                                                                

23  provider, to other providers or to end-users.                               

                                                                                

24      (c) Unreasonably assess a charge or fee that penalizes a                    

                                                                                

25  customer for terminating a service contract prior to the                    

                                                                                

26  contract's expiration date.  The charge or fee shall be the                 

                                                                                

27  actual cost to the provider or $15.00, whichever is less.                   


                                                                                

1       (3) Until a provider has complied with section 304a, the                    

                                                                                

2   provider of a rate regulated service shall not provide that                 

                                                                                

3   service in combination with an unregulated service in section 401           

                                                                                

4   or an unbundled or resold service under section 357 at a price              

                                                                                

5   that does not exceed the total service long run incremental cost            

                                                                                

6   of each service.