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Terms Used In Utah Code 54-8b-3- Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- 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.
- Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Public telecommunications service: means the two-way transmission of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, messages, data, or other information of any nature by wire, radio, lightwaves, or other electromagnetic means offered to the public generally. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
- Telecommunications corporation: means any corporation or person, and their lessees, trustees, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating, managing, or reselling a public telecommunications service. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
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The commission, on its own initiative or in response to an application by a telecommunications corporation, a public agency, or a user of a public telecommunications service, may, after public notice and a hearing, issue an order exempting any telecommunications corporation or public telecommunications service from any requirement of this title, including any requirement or limitation relating to a telecommunication corporation‘s earnings, rate base, or pricing of public telecommunications services. |
(b) |
The commission may issue an order described in Subsection (1)(a), after an informal adjudication, without a hearing if:
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the matter is not a proceeding described in Subsection 54-1-3(2)(a); |
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a party to an application submitted under Subsection (1)(a) requests an informal adjudication; and |
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no person opposes the request for informal adjudication before 10 business days after the day on which the party files the request. |
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