HB-6337, As Passed House, December 2, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 6337

                                                                             A bill to amend 1991 PA 179, entitled                                             

"Michigan telecommunications act,"                                          

by amending section 213 (MCL 484.2213), as amended by 2000 PA               

295.                                                                        

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 213.  (1) Subject to section 201, the commission may                   

2   promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969,           

3   1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.                                          

4       (2)  Except as provided in subsection (3), effective

5   Effective September 1, 1996, the following administrative rules             

6   shall not apply to telecommunication providers or                           

7   telecommunication services:                                                 

8       (a) Electric power and communication lines:  R 460.581 to                   

9   R 460.592.                                                                  

10      (b) Intrastate telephone services and facilities:  R 460.1951               

1   to R 460.1968.                                                              

2       (c) Filing procedures for communications common carriers                    

3   tariffs:  R 460.2051 to R 460.2057.                                         

4       (d) Consumer standards and billing practices, residential                   

5   telephone service:  R 460.2211 to R 460.2279.                               

6       (e) Uniform systems of accounts for class A and class B                     

7   telephone companies:  R 460.9041 and R 460.9059.                            

8       (3)  If the Michigan supreme court rules that sections 45 and               

9   46 of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL           

10  24.245 and 24.246, are unconstitutional, and a statute requiring            

11  legislative review of administrative rules is not enacted within            

12  90 days after the Michigan supreme court ruling, the commission             

13  shall not promulgate rules under this act.  Subsection (2) does             

14  not apply if the commission is prohibited from promulgating rules           

15  under this subsection. Rules promulgated after January 1, 1996             

16  under this act are considered to have been promulgated under the            

17  authority granted under subsection (1).  This subsection shall              

18  not be construed to limit or affect an appeal or other legal                

19  challenge to any rule on the grounds that the rule is not in                

20  compliance with or exceeds the authority granted to the                     

21  commission under this act.                                                  

22      (4) A proceeding to promulgate rules under this act shall be                

23  concluded within 180 days from the date that the proceeding is              

24  initiated.