PRINTER'S NO. 1955
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1417
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, HANNA, HARHART, CONKLIN, MURT, MILLARD,
BOBACK, CAUSER, PICKETT, CUTLER, McNEILL, EVANKOVICH,
ZIMMERMAN, GODSHALL, JAMES, OBERLANDER, A. HARRIS, KAUFFMAN,
EVERETT, METZGAR, COHEN, MENTZER, KAMPF, RAPP, GIBBONS,
RADER, DAVIS, D. COSTA, HICKERNELL, BAKER, BURNS, HARHAI,
REESE, SNYDER, SANKEY, TOBASH, NEUMAN, SCHREIBER, TOPPER,
KAVULICH, FLYNN, MULLERY, P. DALEY, ORTITAY, MARSHALL,
PETRARCA, NESBIT, ELLIS AND MILNE, JUNE 26, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JUNE 26, 2015
AN ACT
Providing for rural telephone access and availability and for
functions of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; and
making a gross receipts tax determination.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Rural
Telephone Access and Availability Act.
Section 2. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds and declares it is the policy of
the Commonwealth to maintain the provision of landline telephone
service to residents of this Commonwealth by supporting Federal
and State universal service objectives which provide that
telecommunications services should be available to all consumers
at reasonable rates.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15