5383-S2 AMS SHOR S1627.1
2SSB 5383 - S AMD 195
By Senator Short
WITHDRAWN 02/26/2021
On page 4, beginning on line 9, after "(a)" strike all material through "website." on line 21 and insert "Prior to beginning a project to provide retail telecommunications services in this subsection, a public utility district must: (i) Notify the governor's statewide broadband office, established in RCW 43.330.532, of its intent to provide such services; (ii) provide a detailed plan of what facilities it intends to build including, but not limited to, a specific description of where it intends to build facilities and what facilities it intends to construct; and (iii) post a notice of intent and a copy of its plan on its public website. The governor's statewide broadband office must post notices and plans received from a public utility district pursuant to this subsection on its public website and provide notice of the posting to each incumbent local exchange company whose service area is affected by a notice of intent."
On page 8, beginning on line 3, after "(a)" strike all material through "website." on line 14 and insert "Prior to beginning a project to provide retail telecommunications services in this subsection, a port district must: (i) Notify the governor's statewide broadband office, established in RCW 43.330.532, of its intent to provide such services; (ii) provide a detailed plan of what facilities it intends to build including, but not limited to, a specific description of where it intends to build facilities and what facilities it intends to construct; and (iii) post a notice of intent and a copy of its plan on its public website. The governor's statewide broadband office must post notices and plans received from a port district pursuant to this subsection on its public website and provide notice of the posting to each incumbent local exchange company whose service area is affected by a notice of intent."
EFFECT: Specifies the requirements public utility districts and port districts must fulfill prior to beginning a project to provide retail telecommunications services. Requires the governor's statewide broadband office to notify each incumbent local exchange company whose service area is affected by a public utility district's or port district's intent to provide retail telecommunications services.
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