RCW 80.36.300

Policy declaration.

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 123 Wash. 2d 530 - Electric Lightwave, Inc. v. Utilities & Transportation Commission (1994)

Most recently applied in 121 Wash. App. 714 - Kershaw Sunnyside Ranches, Inc. v. Yakima Interurban Lines Ass'n (May 2004)

1985 c 450 s 1.

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The legislature declares it is the policy of the state to:

(1) Preserve affordable universal telecommunications service;

(2) Maintain and advance the efficiency and availability of telecommunications service;

(3) Ensure that customers pay only reasonable charges for telecommunications service;

(4) Ensure that rates for noncompetitive telecommunications services do not subsidize the competitive ventures of regulated telecommunications companies;

(5) Promote diversity in the supply of telecommunications services and products in telecommunications markets throughout the state; and

(6) Permit flexible regulation of competitive telecommunications companies and services.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.