71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to HB 3500
 
LC 3480/HB 3500-1
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                         HOUSE BILL 3500
 
            By COMMITTEE ON SMART GROWTH AND COMMERCE
 
                            April 20
 
  In line 2 of the printed bill, delete '; amending ORS 759.190'.
  Delete lines 4 through 19 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 1. + }  { + Section 2 of this 2001 Act is added
to and made a part of ORS 759.180 to 759.190. + }
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + }  { + (1) A telecommunications utility
may file rate schedules for service promotions that are offered
by the utility for the purpose of:
  ' (a) Increasing the use of the utility's services by present
or future customers;
  ' (b) Preventing a decrease in the use of the utility's
services by present or future customers; or
  ' (c) Inducing any person to use the utility's services instead
of a competing provider's services.
  ' (2) The rates charged under a service promotion by a
telecommunications utility must be adequate to ensure that:
  ' (a) The utility will recover an amount equal to the sum of
the total service long run incremental cost of providing the
nonessential functions of the service and the price that is
charged to other telecommunications carriers for the essential
functions; and
  ' (b) The utility will recover the amount under paragraph (a)
of this subsection during the average time that customers use the
service.
  ' (3) Notwithstanding ORS 759.190, service promotion rate
schedules become effective upon filing with the Public Utility
Commission.
  ' (4) The commission shall adopt rules governing service
promotion rate schedules filed under this section. + } ' .
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