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May 7, 1997
Gary Randall Whetton
National Internet Communications Systems
1343 Oakley Court
Upland, CA 91786
National Internet Communications Systems
815 South 1st Avenue #C
Arcadia, CA 81006
Re:  Filing for Authority to Provide Telecommunication Service
       within the State of Idaho
Dear Mr. Whetton:
On April 25, 1997, you filed a telecommunications price list on behalf of National Internet Communications Systems (NICS) in order to provide telecommunication service within the state of Idaho.  In reviewing your filing and background, the Commission Staff learned that you are a party to a parole agreement with the state of Utah, currently being supervised through the Interstate Compact Agreement in the state of California.  Staff further was informed that one of your conditions of parole is that you “not operate a private business or hold a position with access to business funds.”  According to your filing, you are a principal officer of NICS and apparently have access to business funds.
Enclosed are the telecommunications price lists you filed on behalf of NICS.  Before the Commission Staff will ask the Commission to approve NICS to operate within Idaho, we request that you obtain and provide to the Commission an affidavit from your parole officer verifying that your position with NICS does not violate terms of your parole agreement.  Once that statement is provided, the Commission Staff will be happy to assist NICS in complying with Idaho laws regarding the providing of telecommunication services within the state.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Weldon B. Stutzman
Deputy Attorney General
cc:  Brett DeLange, DAG, Consumer Protection Unit
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