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CO Code § 40-10.1-705 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 10.1 - Motor Carriers|Part 7 - Large-Market Taxicab Services|§ 40-10.1-705. Rates - Limitations - Rules

  Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, large-market taxicab services are not subject to rate limitations imposed under part 2 of this article 10.1.      A motor carrier operating a large-market taxicab service shall file with the commission, in the form and manner that the commission may designate, a schedule showing the rates, charges, and collections that the motor carrier collects, enforces, or intends to collect or enforce that affect or relate to the motor carrier's large-market taxicab service operations.    The commission shall not limit the number or frequency of rate schedules that a motor carrier may file with the commission pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section.    Unless a filed rate schedule exceeds the maximum rate set by the commission by rule pursuant to section 40-10.1-702 (5), the commission shall not reject a rate schedule filed with the commission unless the schedule was not filed in the form and manner designated by the commission pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section. The commission shall not amend any rate schedule filed with the commission pursuant to this section.       It is unlawful for a motor carrier operating a large-market taxicab service to carry or advertise that it will carry individuals in a manner contrary to the filing required under subsection (2)(a) of this section.    The commission may promulgate rules consistent with this section to implement the system of schedule filings required by this section.      History. Source: L. 2018: Entire part added, (HB 18-1320), ch. 363, p. 2169, § 10, effective August 8.
CO Code § 40-15-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-101. Legislative Declaration

 The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that it is the policy of the state of Colorado to promote a competitive telecommunications marketplace while protecting and maintaining the wide availability of high-quality telecommunications services. Such goals are best achieved by legislation that brings telecommunications regulation into the modern era by guaranteeing the affordability of basic telephone service while fostering free market competition within the telecommunications industry. The general assembly further finds that the technological advancements and increased customer choices for telecommunications services generated by such market competition will enhance Colorado's economic development and play a critical role in Colorado's economic future. However, the general assembly recognizes that the strength of competitive force varies widely between markets and products and services. Therefore, to foster, encourage, and accelerate the continuing emergence of a competitive telecommunications environment, the general assembly declares that flexible regulatory treatments are appropriate for different telecommunications services.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1476, § 1, effective July 2.
CO Code § 40-15-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-103. Application of Part

 The provisions of this part 1 shall apply throughout this article, unless specifically otherwise stated.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1479, § 1, effective July 2.
CO Code § 40-15-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-104. Powers of Local Government

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to supersede any existing powers of a local government.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1479, § 1, effective July 2.
CO Code § 40-15-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-106. Cross-Subsidization Prohibited - Illegal Restraint of Trade

 The price of telecommunications services or products which are not subject to the jurisdiction of the commission shall not be priced below cost by use of subsidization from customers of services and products subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, and any such cross-subsidization is deemed to be an illegal restraint of trade subject to the provisions of article 4 of title 6, C.R.S.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1479, § 1, effective July 2.
CO Code § 40-15-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-107. Powers of Commission - Inspection of Books and Documents - Confidentiality of Information Obtained Through Audit

  The commission shall administer and enforce all provisions of this article, and, in addition to any other powers under articles 1 to 7 of this title, the commission has the right to inspect the books and documents of the local exchange provider. The local exchange provider shall supply additional relevant and material information to the commission as needed. In addition, the commission has the right to inspect the books and records of any affiliate of a local exchange provider which provides telecommunications service under part 2, 3, or 4 of this article, if, in the provision of such service, the affiliate uses a plant or incurs costs that are joint and common to the provision of any basic local exchange service of the local exchange provider regulated under part 2 of this article.      Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), all information, documents, and copies thereof provided to the commission, a commissioner, or any person employed by the commission in connection with an audit, whether such audit is conducted pursuant to this section or pursuant to any other authority granted to the commission by law, shall be given confidential treatment and shall not be made public by the commission or any other person without either:   The prior written consent of the person providing such information, documents, or copies; or    A court order issued pursuant to section 24-72-204 (5), C.R.S.       This subsection (2) shall not be construed to shield from disclosure information, documents, and copies thereof that are in the commission's possession through the exercise of the commission's audit authority and that are otherwise subject to disclosure under the Colorado open records law, part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S. The commission may consider whether to change the status of reports provided to it on a nonconfidential basis.       Repealed.      History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1480, § 1, effective July 2. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 184, § 1, effective March 31. L. 2003: (3) added, p. 2591, § 2, effective June 5. L. 2021: (3) repealed,(HB 21-1201), ch. 389, p. 2599, § 5, effective June 30.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 40-15-105 as it existed prior to 1987.
CO Code § 40-15-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-108. Cost Methodologies

  Any local exchange provider which provides facilities or equipment for use by interstate users or providers of telecommunications services shall separate all investments and expenses associated therewith according to applicable federal separations procedures and agreements.    Any provider of telecommunications service which offers both regulated and deregulated telecommunications service shall segregate its intrastate investments and expenses in accordance with allocation methodologies as prescribed by the commission to ensure that deregulated telecommunications services are not subsidized by regulated telecommunications services.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1480, § 1, effective July 2.
CO Code § 40-15-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-109. Assurance of Interconnections - Averaging of Rates

  If a local exchange provider does not have interconnection with an interexchange provider, the commission may order any provider of interexchange service in the state to interconnect with the local exchange provider. Nothing in this subsection (1) shall require a rural telecommunications provider to provide interexchange telecommunications service.    All providers of interexchange voice grade telecommunications service shall average their interexchange voice grade rates on a statewide basis. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit volume discounts or other discounts in promotional offerings.    The commission may provide for just and equitable compensation upon application of an interexchange provider subject to subsection (1) or (2) of this section.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1480, § 1, effective July 2. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 47, § 3, effective March 10.
CO Code § 40-15-110 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-110. Provision of Regulated and Deregulated Service

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to preclude a single entity from offering and providing services under parts 2, 3, and 4 of this article.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1480, § 1, effective July 2.
CO Code § 40-15-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-111. Regulation of the Discontinuation or Rearrangement of Basic Local Exchange Service - Measured or Message Rate Service Not Required

  Every local exchange provider shall continue to offer and provide basic local exchange service in any exchange area it serves immediately prior to July 2, 1996, unless the commission determines that an alternative provider offers or provides functionally equivalent service to the customers in such exchange area.    Rearrangements of exchange areas shall require a determination by the commission that such rearrangement will promote the public interest and welfare and will not adversely impact the public switched network of the affected local exchange provider or such provider's financial integrity.    Measured or message rate service for end user customers shall not be required in order for such customers to obtain basic local exchange service unless the commission so orders.    A telecommunications provider shall not base its charges for basic local exchange service on the volume or amount of data or voice traffic of an individual subscriber except with the prior approval of the commission following notice and the opportunity for a hearing.     History. Source: L. 95: Entire section added, p. 755, § 2, effective May 24. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 185, § 2, effective March 31.
CO Code § 40-15-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-112. Unauthorized Change of Telecommunications Provider

  No provider of telecommunications service shall request the transfer of a customer's account, wholly or in part, to another provider of the same or a similar telecommunications service unless one or more of the following conditions has been met:   The provider to whom the customer's account is to be transferred has obtained from the customer a document, signed by the customer, that contains a clear, conspicuous, and unequivocal request by the customer for a change of provider; or    The provider to whom the customer's account is to be transferred has obtained the customer's oral authorization for the transfer and can furnish proof of such authorization through verification by an independent third party, electronic records, or any other manner prescribed by the commission by rule.         If the customer is not an individual, a document, authorization, or request referenced in subsection (1) of this section shall be valid only if given by an authorized representative of the customer, who shall provide proof of such authority.    A document shall not be valid under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section if it is presented to the customer for signature in connection with a sweepstakes or other game of chance.       A telecommunications provider who initiates an unauthorized change in a customer's telecommunications provider in violation of this section is liable:   To the customer, the customer's previously selected provider, or both, as determined by the commission, for all intrastate long distance charges, interstate long distance charges, local exchange service charges, provider switching fees, the value of any premiums to which the customer would have been entitled, and other relevant charges incurred by the customer during the period of the unauthorized change; and    To the customer's local exchange provider for the change fees for the unauthorized change and reinstating the customer to the original provider.         History. Source: L. 98: Entire section added, p. 843, § 1, effective May 26.
CO Code § 40-15-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-15-113. Unauthorized Charge for Services

  A provider of telecommunications service shall not engage in the following activities:   Charging a customer for goods or services without the customer's authorization;    Adding charges for goods or services to the customer's bill without the customer's authorization; or    When providing billing services for a telecommunications provider, knowingly or recklessly participating in charging or billing a customer for goods or services without the customer's authorization to add the goods or services to the customer's bill; except that, in accordance with federal law, this paragraph (c) does not apply to a provider of CMRS services.       A customer is not liable for an amount charged in violation of this section.    The commission shall maintain and keep available data on the incidence of complaints in violation of this section.     History. Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 121, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2014: IP(1) and (1)(c) amended, (HB 14-1330), ch. 151, p. 517, § 2, effective May 9.
CO Code § 40-15-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 2 - Regulated Telecommunications Services|§ 40-15-201. Regulation by Commission

  For purposes of this part 2, except as otherwise provided in this title, each provider of basic local exchange service is declared to be affected with a public interest and a public utility subject to the provisions of articles 1 to 7 of this title, so far as applicable, including the regulation of all rates and charges pertaining to local exchange companies; except that, if a provider applies for and receives commission approval of an alternative form of regulation, or if a provider is a rural telecommunications provider subject to simplified regulatory treatment under section 40-15-203.5 or 40-15-503 (2)(d), the commission shall not consider the provider's overall rate of return or overall revenue requirements when determining the just and reasonable rate for a particular product or service. The commission may promulgate rules as necessary to implement this part 2.    Basic emergency service is declared to be subject to regulation under this part 2 and subject to potential reclassification under section 40-15-207.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1480, § 1, effective July 2. L. 94: (2)(h) added, p. 1064, § 2, effective May 4. L. 99: (1), (2)(c), and (2)(f) amended, p. 185, § 3, effective March 31. L. 2000: (1) amended, p. 47, § 4, effective March 10. L. 2014: Entire section amended,(HB 14-1331), ch. 152, p. 523, § 2, effective May 9.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 40-15-102 as it existed prior to 1987.
CO Code § 40-15-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 2 - Regulated Telecommunications Services|§ 40-15-202. Certificate Required

  No provider of services regulated in this part 2 shall operate in this state except in accordance with the provisions of this part 2.    No provider of services regulated in this part 2 shall operate within this state without first having obtained from the commission a certificate declaring that the present or future public convenience and necessity requires or will require such operation, unless such operation is authorized by section 40-5-102.    The commission is authorized to issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to a provider of services regulated in this part 2, and the commission may attach to the exercise of the rights granted by said certificate such terms and conditions as, in its judgment, the public convenience and necessity may require.    A provider of services regulated in this part 2 holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity to offer or provide basic local exchange service or a provider of services regulated in this part 2 that had authority lawfully to offer or provide basic local exchange service immediately prior to July 2, 1987, without a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall continue to have such authority without having to make application to the commission for additional or continued authority.     History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1481, § 1, effective July 2. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 2080, § 50, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 40-15-103 as it existed prior to 1987.
CO Code § 40-15-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 2 - Regulated Telecommunications Services|§ 40-15-203. Manner of Regulation - Refraining From Regulation

  Repealed.    Repealed.    Repealed.    Repealed.    Repealed.      Upon its own motion or application of a provider of telecommunications service regulated under this part 2, the commission may, in lieu of reclassification of a service under section 40-15-207, examine whether it should refrain from regulation and may refrain from regulation for competitive need for specific telecommunications service otherwise subject to its jurisdiction.    The commission shall approve or deny any such application for refraining from regulation for competitive need within one hundred eighty days after the filing of the application; except that the commission may, by order, defer the period within which it must act for one additional period of sixty days. If the commission has not acted on any such application within the appropriate time period permitted, the application shall be deemed granted.       The authority granted the commission pursuant to this section is in addition to, and not a limitation upon, other powers of the commission, and such authority shall not be construed to be the sole or exclusive means by which the commission may refrain from regulation under this title.    Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no expenses incurred in the solicitation and the provision of services under this section shall be paid, directly or indirectly, by the subscribers of the applicant's regulated services.      History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1481, § 1, effective July 2. L. 95: (1) amended, p. 756, § 4, effective May 24. L. 2014: (2), (3), (4), and (5) repealed,(HB 14-1331), ch. 152, p. 524, § 3, effective May 9.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 40-15-104 as it existed prior to 1987.    Subsection (1)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (1), effective July 1, 1996. (SeeL. 95, p. 756.)
CO Code § 40-15-203.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 2 - Regulated Telecommunications Services|§ 40-15-203.5. Simplified Regulatory Treatment for Rural Telecommunications Providers

 The commission, with due consideration of the public interest, quality of service, financial condition, and just and reasonable rates, shall grant regulatory treatment that is less comprehensive than otherwise provided for under this article to rural telecommunications providers as defined in section 40-15-102 (24.5). The commission shall issue policy statements and rules and regulations that maintain reasonable regulatory oversight and that consider the cost of regulation in relation to the benefit derived from such regulation. These rules and regulations shall encourage the cost effective deployment and use of modern telecommunications technology. All proposed rules applicable to rural telecommunications providers that come before the commission shall consider the economic impact on rural telecommunications providers and their subscribers. The commission and rural telecommunications providers are encouraged to work together in a cooperative and proactive fashion to implement this section.   History. Source: L. 93: Entire section added, p. 2080, § 51, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 47, § 5, effective March 10.
CO Code § 40-15-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 2 - Regulated Telecommunications Services|§ 40-15-204. Transfer of Certificate

 Any certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to this part 2 may be sold, assigned, leased, encumbered, or transferred as other property only upon authorization by the commission.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1483, § 1, effective July 2.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 40-15-106 as it existed prior to 1987.
CO Code § 40-15-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 2 - Regulated Telecommunications Services|§ 40-15-205. Violations

 Violations of this part 2 by a telecommunications provider are subject to enforcement and penalties as provided in article 7 of this title.   History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1483, § 1, effective July 2.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 40-15-109 as it existed prior to 1987.
CO Code § 40-15-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 40 - Utilities|Article 15 - Intrastate Telecommunications Services|Part 2 - Regulated Telecommunications Services|§ 40-15-207. Reclassification of Services and Products

     Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, upon its own motion or upon application by any person, the commission shall regulate, pursuant to part 3 of this article, specific telecommunications services regulated under this part 2 upon a finding that there is effective competition in the relevant market for such service and that such regulation under part 3 of this article will promote the public interest and the provision of adequate and reliable service at just and reasonable rates.    In determining whether effective competition for a specific telecommunications service exists, the commission shall make findings, after notice and opportunity for hearing, and shall issue an order based upon consideration of the following factors:   The extent of economic, technological, or other barriers to market entry and exit;    The number of other providers offering similar services in the relevant geographic area;    The ability of consumers in the relevant geographic area to obtain the service from other providers at reasonable and comparable rates, on comparable terms, and under comparable conditions;    The ability of any provider of such telecommunications service to affect prices or deter competition; and    Such other factors as the commission deems appropriate.       In determining geographic areas under paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), the commission shall not be unduly restrictive.        History. Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1484, § 1, effective July 2.