When setting rates, adopting rules, or issuing orders related to telecommunication matters that affect deployment of the infrastructure, the commission may apply the goals of:
(1) achieving economically efficient investment in:
(i) higher speed telecommunication services; and
(ii) greater capacity for voice, video, and data transmission; and
(2) just and reasonable rates.
The department may apply the same goals in its regulation of and recommendations regarding telecommunication services.
History:1997 c 223 s 4; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 56