66-2010 KUSF administrator; duties and powers; KAN-ED funding.
66-2010. KUSF administrator; duties and powers; KAN-ED funding. (a) The commission shall utilize a competitive bidding process to select a neutral, competent and bonded third party to administer the KUSF. (b) The administrator shall be responsible for: (1) Collecting and auditing all relevant information from all qualifying telecommunications public utilities, telecommunications carriers or wireless telecommunications […]
66-2011 Internet access.
66-2011. Internet access. (a) As used in this section, “the internet” means the international network of interconnected government, educational, and commercial computer networks. An “internet service provider” means an entity that provides end user access to the internet. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that the commission has any regulatory jurisdiction over […]
66-2014 Effect of act on property taxes.
66-2014. Effect of act on property taxes. The definitions in this act shall not be used as a basis to determine whether a taxpayer is a public utility for purposes of K.S.A. 79-5a01, and amendments thereto. History: L. 1996, ch. 268, § 17; July 1.
66-2015 Preemption of act.
66-2015. Preemption of act. The commission shall not enforce any provision of this act nor any order entered by authority of this act which is specifically preempted by the federal act. History: L. 1996, ch. 268, § 18; July 1.
66-2017 VoIP and IP-enabled services; regulation, limitations.
66-2017. VoIP and IP-enabled services; regulation, limitations. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, no VoIP service, IP-enabled service, or any combination thereof, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of, regulation by, supervision of or control by any state agency or political subdivision of the state. (b) VoIP services shall be subject to: (1) […]
66-2019 Siting of wireless infrastructure; public lands and public right-of-way; wireless providers and governing bodies, rights and requirements for application process.
66-2019. Siting of wireless infrastructure; public lands and public right-of-way; wireless providers and governing bodies, rights and requirements for application process. (a) The Kansas legislature finds and declares that: (1) The permitting, construction, modification, maintenance and operation of wireless facilities are critical to ensuring that all citizens in the state have true access to broadband […]
66-2020 Transfer of wireless telephone numbers for victims of stalking and abuse.
66-2020. Transfer of wireless telephone numbers for victims of stalking and abuse. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Wireless services” means services as defined in K.S.A. 66-2019(a)(19), and amendments thereto; (2) “wireless services provider” means a provider or reseller of wireless services, as defined in K.S.A. 66-2019(a)(24), and amendments thereto. (b) At a […]
66-2006 Lifeline service program; enrollment of existing and eligible customers; withdrawal; universal service fund.
66-2006. Lifeline service program; enrollment of existing and eligible customers; withdrawal; universal service fund. (a) On or before January 1, 1997, the commission shall establish the Kansas lifeline service program, hereinafter referred to as the KLSP. The purpose of the KLSP shall be to promote the provision of universal service by local exchange carriers to […]
66-2007 Local exchange rates; commission investigation of increases; approval of certain price increases.
66-2007. Local exchange rates; commission investigation of increases; approval of certain price increases. (a) All local exchange carriers, not including electing carriers, providing long distance service in Kansas shall reduce their statewide averaged basic long distance rates to reflect the net reductions in access charges; however, such carriers shall be allowed to increase long distance […]
66-2008 Kansas universal service fund; funding; authorized expenditures; distributions; limitations and cap; supplemental funding.
66-2008. Kansas universal service fund; funding; authorized expenditures; distributions; limitations and cap; supplemental funding. On or before January 1, 1997, the commission shall establish the Kansas universal service fund, hereinafter referred to as the KUSF. (a) The commission shall require every telecommunications carrier, telecommunications public utility and wireless telecommunications service provider that provides intrastate telecommunications […]