PRINTER'S NO. 1898
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
354
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SNYDER, OBERLANDER, PASHINSKI, MILLARD, BERNSTINE,
McCLINTON, ULLMAN, CAUSER, PICKETT, READSHAW, HILL-EVANS,
YOUNGBLOOD, HERSHEY, DALEY, STRUZZI, MADDEN, GALLOWAY AND
GROVE, MAY 29, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, MAY 29, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to
conduct an audit on the compliance of telecommunication
carriers with high-speed broadband universal service
deployment mandates under the Public Utility Code.
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the
Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct an audit on
the compliance of telecommunication carriers with high-speed
broadband universal service deployment mandates under the Public
Utility Code; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee:
(1) determine whether telecommunications carriers have
fulfilled their commitments under the Public Utility Code to
accelerate broadband availability to 100% of their total
retail access lines in their distribution networks by
December 31, 2015;
(2) analyze efforts by the Pennsylvania Public Utility
Commission and the Department of Community and Economic
Development regarding compliance and administration of bona
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fide retail request programs under 66 Pa.C.S. § 3014(c);
(3) examine joint venture arrangements under approved
network modernization plans for compliance with 66 Pa.C.S.
Ch. 30 and analyze the impact of those joint venture
arrangements on the quality and affordability of service
provided; and
(4) examine actions taken by the Pennsylvania Public
Utility Commission under 66 Pa.C.S. § 3015(a)(2) and 66
Pa.C.S. Ch. 33 in relation to violations of 66 Pa.C.S. §
3014(b)(3)(ii)(B), (c) or (k) or § 3016(c) or (f);
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly
within one year of the adoption of this resolution.
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