March 18, 1999

HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ______ to SENATE BILL 408, as amended

Amendment sponsored by Representative Ben Lujan

1. Strike House Appropriations and Finance Committee Amendment 4.

2. On page 9, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following new subsection:

"G. The total price of any intrastate retail public telecommunications services purchased by an internet service provider from a telecommunications carrier that serves more than two hundred fifty thousand access lines in New Mexico shall not increase by more than ten percent over the total price approved and in effect on March 1, 1999, for the three-year period starting on July 1, 1999. This subsection shall apply to any intrastate retail public telecommunications services purchased by an internet service provider to connect such an internet service provider to the internet.".

3. Reletter the succeeding subsections accordingly.

4. On page 13, line 23, strike the period and insert in lieu thereof:

"; provided that, unless unlimited usage of long distance is sold for a fixed amount, the price for long distance service shall be calculated and charged on the incremental unit of one-tenth of a minute.".

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Ben Lujan

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 (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

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