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 […]
66-2101 Definitions.
66-2101. Definitions. As used in K.S.A. 66-2101 through 66-2106, and amendments thereto, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (a) “Certificate” means authority granted to a natural gas public utility to transact business pursuant to chapter 66 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, to include any certificated area, territory or […]
66-2102 Rural gas user, not public utility; notification to existing gas service utility.
66-2102. Rural gas user, not public utility; notification to existing gas service utility. Any rural gas user who desires to constructs its own pipeline connection to a gas supply system, and any gas provider assisting the rural gas user, shall not be considered a public utility. If the rural gas service is provided within an […]
66-2103 Existing gas service utility to develop plans to provide gas; failure to provide or nonacceptance of plan.
66-2103. Existing gas service utility to develop plans to provide gas; failure to provide or nonacceptance of plan. (a) When notified pursuant to K.S.A. 66-2102, and amendments thereto, an existing gas service utility shall have 30 days to develop plans and propose an offer to the potential rural gas user for providing rural gas service. […]