HB-6337, As Passed Senate, December 9, 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; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.                                  

    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               

House Bill No. 6337 as amended December 9, 2004                             

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).  <<R 484.453(5), 484.455(2),

18  484.455(3), 484.457(3), and 484.458(4) of the Michigan administrative

19  code may not be enforced until a court determines that the rules do not

20  exceed the commission's authority under this act.  It is the

21  legislature's intent that providers voluntarily comply with the rules until a court makes a determination.  A provider that voluntarily agrees to abide by the rules does not relinquish its rights to challenge the legality of the rules.>>

22      (4) A proceeding <<before the commission>> to promulgate rules under this act shall be                                                                        

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

24   initiated.

<<Enacting section 1.  Section 213 of the Michigan telecommunications act, 1991 PA 179, MCL 484.2213, is repealed effective July 1, 2005.>>