Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ORS § 759.220 applies to any unincorporated association or cooperative corporation providing intrastate telecommunications service. The application of ORS § 759.220 to unincorporated associations and cooperative corporations:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 759.225

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Intrastate telecommunications service: means any telecommunications service in which the information transmitted originates and terminates within the boundaries of the State of Oregon. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
  • Telecommunications: means the transmission of information chosen by a person, between or among points specified by the person, without change in the form or content of the information sent or received. See Oregon Statutes 759.005

(1) Does not allow the Public Utility Commission to establish terms, conditions, classifications or rates for services rendered to members of unincorporated associations or cooperative corporations;

(2) Does not make unincorporated associations or cooperative corporations subject to the commission’s general powers of regulation;

(3) Allows the commission to regulate access charges imposed by unincorporated associations and cooperative corporations; and

(4) Requires unincorporated associations and cooperative corporations to provide information to the commission that the commission deems necessary to establish new extended service areas. [Formerly 757.860; 2001 c.853 § 1]

 

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