Sec. 11. (a) The commission may not require a communications service provider to file a tariff in connection with, or as a condition of receiving, a certificate of territorial authority under this chapter.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-32.5-11

  • commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission created by IC 8-1-1-2. See Indiana Code 8-1-32.5-2
  • communications service: refers to any of the following:

    Indiana Code 8-1-32.5-3

  • communications service provider: means a person or an entity that offers communications service to customers in Indiana, without regard to the technology or medium used by the person or entity to provide the communications service. See Indiana Code 8-1-32.5-4
     (b) This subsection does not apply to a provider of commercial mobile service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332). The commission may require, in connection with the issuance of a certificate under this chapter, the communications service provider to provide advance notice to the provider’s Indiana customers if the provider will do any of the following:

(1) Increase the rates and charges for any communications service that the provider offers in any of the provider’s service areas in Indiana.

(2) Offer new communications service in any of the provider’s service areas in Indiana.

(3) Cease to offer any communications service that the provider offers in any of the provider’s service areas in Indiana.

The commission shall prescribe any customer notification requirements under this subsection in a rule of general application adopted under IC 4-22-2.

     (c) A tariff filed with the commission by a communications service provider is effective upon filing.

As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55. Amended by P.L.177-2021, SEC.8.

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