CHAPTER 179
HB 1107 - FINAL VERSION
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HOUSE BILL 1107
AN ACT relative to the duties of the oversight committee on telecommunications concerning telephone utility line use congestion.
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
This bill adds duties to the oversight committee on telecommunications concerning special contracts by telephone utilities, carrier non-disclosure of customer service subscriptions, the issue of network congestion on facilities and equipment owned by telephone utilities, the progress of the office of state planning in relation to wireless telecommunications facilities, and alternatives to a la carte programming in the cable television industry.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to the duties of the oversight committee on telecommunications concerning telephone utility line use congestion.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
179:1 Findings. The general court finds that it is important for the public utilities commission and other involved parties to expeditiously resolve the existing problem of telephone utility customers being unable to obtain a dial tone due to line use congestion.
179:2 New Paragraphs; Telephone Utilities Service Territories; Duties of the Oversight Committee. Amend RSA 374:22-j, X to read as follows:
X. Monitoring the issue of special contracts by telephone utilities.
XI. Examining the issue of non-disclosure by telecommunications carriers of customer information including information related to services subscribed to by individual customers.
XII. Examining the issue of network congestion on facilities and equipment owned by telephone utilities.
XIII. Monitoring the progress of the office of state planning in relation to wireless telecommunications facilities.
XIV. Monitoring the progress of a la carte programming substitute initiatives to a la carte programming in the cable television industry, and monitoring impacts of television violence on children and initiatives addressing those concerns.
XV. Submitting a report, together with any recommendations for legislation, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, and the governor on or before November 1 of each year.
179:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 26, 2000)
(Effective Date: July 25, 2000)