As Amended by House Committee          

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Session of 2000
          HOUSE RESOLUTION No. 6016           By Committee on Utilities           3-20          

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10             A RESOLUTION requesting the State Corporation Commission to iden-
11             tify areas of the state where advanced telecommunications services
12             have not been deployed and where there are not plans for deployment
13             of such services by January 1, 2002, and to assemble a task force to
14             study deployment of such services in such areas.
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16             Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kan-
17       sas: That the State Corporation Commission be requested to identify
18       those areas of the state where telecommunications services providing end
19       user service with a minimum speed of 128 kilobits per second (``advanced
20       telecommunications services'') have not been deployed and where there
21       are not plans for deployment of such services before January 1, 2002; and
22             Be it further resolved: That the Commission be requested to identify
23       those areas by requesting information regarding advanced telecommu-
24       nications services deployment from all providers of such services regard-
25       less of the technology used by such providers and regardless of whether
26       they are subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission; and
27        Be it further resolved: That the Commission is requested to iden-
28       tify local exchanges that are nearing capacity because of increased
29       data transmission and in which services will likely be impaired be-
30       fore July 1, 2002, if the exchanges are not upgraded; and
31             Be it further resolved: That the Commission be requested to assem-
32       ble an Advanced Telecommunications Services Task Force to study and
33       make recommendations regarding the deployment of advanced telecom-
34       munications services in the areas so identified and to include as members:
35       One member of the Commission staff, who shall serve as chairperson;
36       one representative each of Southwestern Bell Telephone of Kansas, ASI
37       and Sprint; two representatives of rural local exchange carriers; two rep-
38       resentatives of competitive local exchange carriers; one representative of
39       wireless carriers; one representative of interexchange carriers; and one
40       representative of cable service providers; and
41             Be it further resolved: That the Task Force be requested to study and
42       identify the locations and types of advanced telecommunications services
43       that have been deployed or will be deployed in the state before January

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  1       1, 2002; study and assess areas where advanced telecommunications serv-
  2       ices will not be deployed before January 1, 2002; identify scheduled de-
  3       ployment of such services in such areas; study and recommend mecha-
  4       nisms to provide incentives to deploy such services in such areas; study
  5       and recommend procedures and alternatives for obtaining advanced tel-
  6       ecommunications services if the certificated provider fails to provide such
  7       services, including allowing noncertificated providers to provide such
  8       services; and study and make recommendations on other matters related
  9       to advanced telecommunications services; and
10             Be it further resolved: That the Task Force be requested to submit
11       to the House Standing Committee on Utilities and the Senate Committee
12       on Commerce, on or before the first day of the 2001 regular legislative
13       session, a report of the study and recommendations of the Task Force.
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