| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to regulation of telecommunications |
| 3 | companies; providing a freeze on retail service quality |
| 4 | requirements and residential basic local |
| 5 | telecommunications service rates; providing for |
| 6 | termination of such freeze following resolution of certain |
| 7 | federal and state actions; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. A local exchange telecommunications company may |
| 12 | not reduce its retail service quality requirements below those |
| 13 | in effect on July 1, 2003, or increase its rates for residential |
| 14 | basic local telecommunications service above those in effect on |
| 15 | July 1, 2003, and this freeze on service quality requirements |
| 16 | and rates shall remain in effect until the end of the regular |
| 17 | legislative session immediately following issuance of a final |
| 18 | order in U.S. Telecom Ass'n. v. F.C.C., 359 F.3d 554 (D.C. Cir. |
| 19 | 2004) and a final order of the Florida Public Service Commission |
| 20 | in response to final determination of Crist v. Jaber, etc., et |
| 21 | al, Case No. SC04-9 and McLean v. Jaber, etc., et al, Case No. |
| 22 | SC04-10. |
| 23 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |