SENATE BILL REPORT
EHB 1579
BYRepresentatives Bristow, Vekich, Braddock, Jacobsen and Grant
Authorizing public utility districts to offer radio communication services.
House Committe on Energy & Utilities
Senate Committee on Energy & Utilities
Senate Hearing Date(s):February 25, 1988
Senate Staff:Phil Moeller (786-7445)
AS OF FEBRUARY 23, 1988
BACKGROUND:
Persons in remote locations may not have telephone service and obtaining it could be very costly. An alternative, radio telephone communications, may not be commercially available to all persons. A solution might be for a consumer-owned utility such as a public utility district to offer this service.
SUMMARY:
A public utility district may offer land, air, or marine mobile telecommunications or other radio telecommunications services. If the service is to be offered to consumers outside the service territory of the PUD, then permission must first be obtained from the governing body of the appropriate jurisdiction. A PUD would not come under the jurisdiction of the Utilities and Transportation Commission by offering this service.
Appropriation: none
Revenue: none
Fiscal Note: none requested