§ 23-17-412. Optional alternative regulation of eligible telecommunications companies
(a) (1) Telephone companies that file notice with the Arkansas Public Service Commission of an election to be regulated in accordance with the provisions of this section are authorized to determine and account for their respective revenues and expenses, including depreciation expenses, pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles and, except as provided in this section, […]
§ 23-17-413. Optional provision of database to vendors
In order to assign the place of primary use for mobile telecommunications services pursuant to the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, Pub. L. No. 106-252, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may choose whether to furnish vendors with a database that matches addresses with taxing jurisdictions or to allow vendors to employ an […]
§ 23-17-414. Extended area service
(a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall promulgate rules that enable customers in a local exchange service area to petition the commission directly or by a resolution of the customers’ quorum court or other local governing body to request that an incumbent local exchange carrier provide extended area service. (b) (1) The rules relating to […]
§ 23-17-415. Reporting of originating intrastate interexchange telephone numbers
(a) Where technically feasible, any telecommunications provider whose customer originates or forwards an intrastate interexchange message to be terminated over the public switched telecommunications network in Arkansas shall transmit the jurisdictionally appropriate telephone number of the originating party sending the message to the terminating telecommunications provider. (b) (1) The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall investigate […]
§ 23-17-416. Arkansas intrastate carrier common line
(a) (1) (A) Except as provided in § 23-17-404(e)(4)(D)(i)(b) , through June 30, 2013, intrastate carrier common line charges billed to ILECs and underlying carriers shall be determined at the rate of one and sixty-five hundredths cents (1.65¢) per intrastate access minute. (B) Except as provided in § 23-17-404(e)(4)(D)(i)(b) , beginning July 1, 2013, intrastate […]
§ 23-17-417. Arkansas Intrastate Carrier Common Line Pool Advisory Procedural Board
(a) The Arkansas Intrastate Carrier Common Line Pool Advisory Procedural Board is not a government entity under Arkansas law and shall not be considered a government entity for any purpose. (b) The Arkansas Public Service Commission shall adopt all rules relating to the operation of the board that are reasonably necessary to implement this section. […]
§ 23-17-418. Arkansas High Cost Fund — Programs — Assessments — Funding
(a) The Arkansas High Cost Fund administrator shall: (1) On March 19, 2013, begin making assessments to ensure proper funding to program participants; and (2) Ninety (90) days after March 19, 2013, begin making distributions to eligible participants. (b) (1) On the first day of the calendar quarter after March 19, 2013, the administrator shall […]
§ 23-17-408. Regulatory framework for electing companies
(a) The earnings of an electing company shall not be subject to rate of return or rate-base monitoring or regulation, and the Arkansas Public Service Commission shall not consider rate of return, rate base, or the earnings of an electing company in connection with rate changes made pursuant to this section or § 23-17-407. (b) […]
§ 23-17-409. Authorization of competing local exchange carriers
(a) (1) (A) Consistent with the federal act and the provisions of § 23-17-410, the Arkansas Public Service Commission is authorized to grant certificates of convenience and necessity to telecommunications providers authorizing them to provide telecommunications services, including basic local exchange service or switched-access service, or both, to an incumbent local exchange carrier’s local exchange […]
§ 23-17-410. Competing local exchange carriers in service areas of rural telephone companies
(a) A rural telephone company shall not have any duty to negotiate terms and conditions of or to enter into any agreement for the provision to any other telecommunications provider of interconnection with the rural telephone company’s network as provided by 47 U.S.C. §§ 251(c) and 252, including access to its network elements on an […]