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54-8b-1.1. Legislative policy declarations.
The Legislature declares it is the policy of the state to:
(1) endeavor to achieve the universal service objectives of the state as set forth in Section54-8b-11;
(2) facilitate access to high quality, affordable public telecommunications services to allresidents and businesses in the state;
(3) encourage the development of competition as a means of providing wider customerchoices for public telecommunications services throughout the state;
(4) allow flexible and reduced regulation for telecommunications corporations and publictelecommunications services as competition develops;
(5) facilitate and promote the efficient development and deployment of an advancedtelecommunications infrastructure, including networks with nondiscriminatory prices, terms, andconditions of interconnection;
(6) encourage competition by facilitating the sale of essential telecommunicationsfacilities and services on a reasonably unbundled basis;
(7) seek to prevent prices for tariffed public telecommunications services orprice-regulated services from subsidizing the competitive activities of regulatedtelecommunications corporations;
(8) encourage new technologies and modify regulatory policy to allow greatercompetition in the telecommunications industry;
(9) enhance the general welfare and encourage the growth of the economy of the statethrough increased competition in the telecommunications industry; and
(10) endeavor to protect customers who do not have competitive choice.

Enacted by Chapter 269, 1995 General Session

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54-8b-1.1. Legislative policy declarations.
The Legislature declares it is the policy of the state to:
(1) endeavor to achieve the universal service objectives of the state as set forth in Section54-8b-11;
(2) facilitate access to high quality, affordable public telecommunications services to allresidents and businesses in the state;
(3) encourage the development of competition as a means of providing wider customerchoices for public telecommunications services throughout the state;
(4) allow flexible and reduced regulation for telecommunications corporations and publictelecommunications services as competition develops;
(5) facilitate and promote the efficient development and deployment of an advancedtelecommunications infrastructure, including networks with nondiscriminatory prices, terms, andconditions of interconnection;
(6) encourage competition by facilitating the sale of essential telecommunicationsfacilities and services on a reasonably unbundled basis;
(7) seek to prevent prices for tariffed public telecommunications services orprice-regulated services from subsidizing the competitive activities of regulatedtelecommunications corporations;
(8) encourage new technologies and modify regulatory policy to allow greatercompetition in the telecommunications industry;
(9) enhance the general welfare and encourage the growth of the economy of the statethrough increased competition in the telecommunications industry; and
(10) endeavor to protect customers who do not have competitive choice.

Enacted by Chapter 269, 1995 General Session

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54-8b-1.1. Legislative policy declarations.
The Legislature declares it is the policy of the state to:
(1) endeavor to achieve the universal service objectives of the state as set forth in Section54-8b-11;
(2) facilitate access to high quality, affordable public telecommunications services to allresidents and businesses in the state;
(3) encourage the development of competition as a means of providing wider customerchoices for public telecommunications services throughout the state;
(4) allow flexible and reduced regulation for telecommunications corporations and publictelecommunications services as competition develops;
(5) facilitate and promote the efficient development and deployment of an advancedtelecommunications infrastructure, including networks with nondiscriminatory prices, terms, andconditions of interconnection;
(6) encourage competition by facilitating the sale of essential telecommunicationsfacilities and services on a reasonably unbundled basis;
(7) seek to prevent prices for tariffed public telecommunications services orprice-regulated services from subsidizing the competitive activities of regulatedtelecommunications corporations;
(8) encourage new technologies and modify regulatory policy to allow greatercompetition in the telecommunications industry;
(9) enhance the general welfare and encourage the growth of the economy of the statethrough increased competition in the telecommunications industry; and
(10) endeavor to protect customers who do not have competitive choice.

Enacted by Chapter 269, 1995 General Session