An Act To Create Consistency in the Authority of the Public Utilities Commission To Provide Tariff Exemptions
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §116, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6, is amended to read:
B. For the purposes of this section, "intrastate gross operating revenues" means intrastate revenues derived from filed rates and rates that are exempt from filing requirements pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under section 307-A, except revenues derived from sales for resale.
Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §7307, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 29, §1, is amended to read:
A. Filing a tariff revision with the commission identifying the new price or the change in the terms or conditions of service unless the utility is exempt from filing tariffs pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under section 307-A; and
summary
The Maine Revised Statutes, Title 35-A, section 307-A allows the Public Utilities Commission to exempt certain telephone utilities from filing tariffs. This bill revises sections in the public utilities laws to make them compatible with the authority of the Public Utilities Commission to provide tariff exemptions under Title 35-A, section 307-A.