Montana Telecommunications Act
Montana · Public Utilities and Carriers · §§ 69-3-801 to 69-3-870 · 51 sections
Overview
The act governs the provision of telecommunications service within the state, requiring telecommunications providers to register, exempting private telecommunications service from its coverage, and giving the regulatory commission broad rulemaking authority along with jurisdiction over complaints about the costs of services and over nondiscriminatory intercarrier compensation and billing records. Its central mechanism is a framework for interconnection among carriers: providers owe a duty to interconnect, agreements are reached through voluntary negotiation with mediation and arbitration available when negotiation fails, and both arbitration decisions and the resulting agreements are subject to commission approval. The act also sets wholesale pricing standards and rules for pricing individual network elements, prohibits certain subsidies, creates an expedited complaint proceeding, provides for determining which carriers are eligible for universal service support, and preserves the operation of laws governing anticompetitive conduct.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-801Short title
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-802Purpose
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-803Definitions
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-804Exemption for private telecommunications service
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-805Registration of telecommunications providers -- rulemaking
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-806Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-807Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-808Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-809Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-810Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-811Costs for services provided -- jurisdiction over complaints
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-812through 69-3-814 reserved
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-815Nondiscriminatory intercarrier compensation -- billing records -- enforcement -- rulemaking
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-816through 69-3-820 reserved
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-821Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-822Rulemaking authority
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-823Exception
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-824No preemption of laws governing anticompetitive activity
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-825through 69-3-828 reserved
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-829Expedited complaint proceeding -- commission authority
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-830Expedited complaint proceeding -- procedure
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-831Interconnection -- construction and effect
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-832Interconnection -- jurisdiction
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-833Rulemaking authority
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-834Duty to interconnect
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-835Voluntary negotiation of interconnection agreements
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-836Mediation of interconnection agreements
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-837Arbitration of interconnection issues
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-838Approval of arbitration decision
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-839Approval of interconnection agreements
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-840Determination of eligible carrier status -- universal service support
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-841Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-842Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-843Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-844Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-845Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-846Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-847Wholesale pricing standards
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-848Pricing of individual network elements
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-849Prohibited subsidies
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-850Internet protocol-enabled service not regulated
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-851through 69-3-855 reserved
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-856Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-857Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-858Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-859Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-860Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-861Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-862Repealed
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-863through 69-3-869 reserved
- Mont. Code Ann. § 69-3-870Repealed
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