66-2001. Telecommunications; declaration of public policy. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state to: (a) Ensure that every Kansan will have access to a first class telecommunications infrastructure that provides excellent services at an affordable price; (b) ensure that consumers throughout the state realize the benefits of competition through increased […]
66-2002. Duties of the corporation commission. The commission shall: (a) Adopt a definition of “universal service” and “enhanced universal service,” pursuant to subsections (p) and (q) of K.S.A. 66-1,187, and amendments thereto; (b) authorize any requesting telecommunications carrier to provide local exchange or exchange access service pursuant to subsection (a) of K.S.A. 66-2003, and amendments […]
66-2003. Local exchange carriers and electing carriers; resale; terms and conditions. (a) On or before September 1, 1996, the commission shall begin to authorize applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity to provide local exchange or exchange access service. (b) A local exchange carrier and an electing carrier shall be required to offer to […]
66-2004. Rural telephone companies; competition; certification. (a) Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 251(f)(1), the obligations of an incumbent local exchange carrier, which include the duty to negotiate interconnection, unbundled access, resale, notice of changes and collocation, shall not apply to a rural telephone company unless such company has received a bona fide request for interconnection, […]
66-2005. Telecommunications; infrastructure development; universal service requirements; rate rebalancing; price cap regulation; price deregulation; when; exceptions; commission report; individual customer pricing; price reregulation; electing carriers and telecommunications carriers, commission regulation. (a) Each local exchange carrier shall file a network infrastructure plan with the commission on or after January 1, 1997, and prior to January 1, […]
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. (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. 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 […]
66-2009. Eligibility for KUSF funding; carrier of last resort obligations. (a) Local exchange carriers, not including electing carriers, that provided switched local exchange services in the state prior to January 1, 1996, or their successors, shall serve as the carrier of last resort in their exchanges and shall be eligible to receive KUSF funding. However, […]
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. (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. 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. 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. (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. (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. (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 […]
