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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Griego

DATE TYPED 3/16/05

HB

SHORT TITLE Review Telecommunications Regulation

SM 44

ANALYST Rosen

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

NFI

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

No Responses Received From

Attorney General’s Office (AGO)

Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

General Services Department (GSD)

Economic Development Department (EDD)

Public Regulation Commission (PRC)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Memorial 44 requests the appropriate interim legislative committee work with PRC,

AGO and the telecommunications industry to review and determine appropriate requirements for

telecommunications providers to allow for conduct of business in a competitively neutral mar-

ketplace, requests the interim committee require regular updates from PRC and Qwest on the ne-

gotiation of Qwest’s new alternative form of regulation (AFOR) plan, and requests that interim

committee report its findings to the Senate and House leadership and the governor prior to the

second session of the 47

th

legislature.

JR/lg