20091009LSO Memo.pdf

Legislative Services Offce
Idaho State Legislatue
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DATE: October 8, 2009
SUBJECT: Proposed Public Utilties Commission Telephone Rules
31.4 1.01 - Customer Relations Rules for Telephone Corporations Providing
Local Exchange or Intrastate MTSIW ATS Service in Idaho
Subject to Customer Service Regulation by the Idaho PUC Under
the Public Utilties Law or the Telecommunications Act. Of 1988
(The Telephone Customer Relations Rules) -
(Docket #3 1-4101 -090 1)
31.41.02 - Information to Customers of Telephone Companies
(Docket #31 -41 02-090 1 - Chapter Repeal)
31.42.01 - The Idaho PUC Rules for Telephone Corporations Subject to the
Rules of the Idaho PUC Under the Telecommunications Act of
1988 (rne Title 62 Telephone Corp. Rules
(Docket #31-4201-0901 - Chapter Repeal)
Public Utilties Commission is proposing to repeal two administrative rules
chapters relating to regulation of telephone companies and moving some of the strcken
language to one rules chapter. In its notice of rule making the Commission states: "The
law changes are intended to encourage competition in telephone services, and the
proposed rules changes are consistent with that objective by simplifying regulatory
requirements and allowing companies more flexibilty to respond to customers' service
requests, while maintaining some service quality standards related to basic local exchange
service."
Mike Nugent, Manager
Research & Legislation
Cathy Holland-Smith, Manager
Budget & Policy Analysis
Don H. Berg, Manager
Legislative Audits
Glenn Harrs, Manager
Information Technology
Statehouse, P.O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0054
Tel: [phone]
ww.legislature.idaho.gov
We don't have any technical problems with the Commission's rulemakng. We do
wish the Commission and the Rules Coordinator would use one docket for the repeal and
reenactment or addition of the rules replacing the repealed ones. It seems wasteful to use
thee dockets to accomplish this purposè as the repeal and the new adoption are tied
together. The Legislatue frequently repeals statutes and enacts statutes in their place in
one bil, not two bils or thee bils.
cc: Idaho Public Utilties Commission
Jean D. Jewell & Weldon Stutzman