Wyoming telecommunications act-sunset date.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on changes to the price benchmark review process or updates to how often it is reviewed.

Wyoming Telecommunications Act Extension

This act extends the expiration date of the Wyoming Telecommunications Act to July 1, 2025.

What This Bill Does

• Extends the sunset date of the Wyoming Telecommunications Act from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2025.

Who It Names or Affects

• Telecommunication companies in Wyoming
• The state government agency that oversees telecommunications

Terms To Know

Sunset date

A specific date when a law or part of a law stops being active.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is unclear what specific changes will be made after the new sunset date without further details.
• The act does not provide information on how telecommunication companies operate, only when certain rules expire.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 23LSO-0128
Bill No.:

SF0002

Effective:

7/1/2023

LSO No.:

23LSO-0128

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0001

Chapter No.:

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Prime Sponsor:

Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Wyoming telecommunications act-sunset date.

Subject:

Wyoming Telecommunications Act.

Summary/Major Elements:

The Wyoming Telecommunications Act, which provides for the regulation of certain telecommunications activities, was scheduled to sunset on July 1, 2023.

This act extends the sunset date of the act to July 1, 2025.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

23LSO-0128

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0002

ENROLLED ACT NO. 1,

SENATE

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2023 General Session

AN ACT relating to telecommunications; extending the sunset date of the Wyoming Telecommunications Act; making conforming changes; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 37
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101(b) and 37
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501(h) are amended to read:

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101.

Short title; sunset.

(b)

This chapter is repealed effective July 1,
2023
2025
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501.

Universal service fund created; contributions; administration.

(h)

The price benchmark shall be thirty dollars ($30.00)
until July 1, 2023
unless otherwise adjusted by the commission pursuant to this subsection.

On and after July 1, 2019,
T
he commission shall review the price benchmark one (1) time every four (4) years and, after review, shall adjust the benchmark as necessary to assure that it approximates one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the weighted statewide average essential local exchange service price. The commission may change the price benchmark at any time if, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commission determines that the price benchmark does not approximate one hundred thirty percent (130%) of the weighted statewide average essential local exchange service price and that the price benchmark should be adjusted by ten percent (10%) or more.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2023
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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