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IN Code § 8-1-32.5-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-5. "Facilities Based Local Exchange Carrier"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "facilities based local exchange carrier" means a local exchange carrier (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153) that provides telephone exchange service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153) or exchange access (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153):(1) exclusively over facilities owned or leased by the carrier; or(2) predominantly over facilities owned or leased by the carrier, in combination with the resale of the telecommunications service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153) of another carrier.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55. Amended by P.L.7-2015, SEC.13.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-7. Duplicate Copies of Application and Documents

Sec. 7. A communications service provider shall submit duplicate copies of the application and documents required by section 6 of this chapter to the commission. The commission shall prescribe the number of copies to be submitted by a communications service provider under this section.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-8. Commission's Review of Application and Documents; Issuance of Certificate; Request for Additional Information

Sec. 8. Not later than thirty (30) days after receiving the application and documents required by section 6 of this chapter, the commission shall review the application and documents for accuracy and completeness. If the commission determines that the application and documents are accurate, complete, and properly verified, the commission shall issue a certificate of territorial authority recognizing the communications service provider's authority to provide each communications service identified in the application. If the commission determines that the application and documents are inaccurate or incomplete, or are not properly verified, the commission shall return the application and documents to the provider with a brief statement of any additional information required. Not later than thirty (30) days after receipt of the request for additional information, the provider may:(1) provide the information requested;(2) appeal the decision of the commission under IC 8-1-3; or(3) decide to file another application at a later date, without prejudice.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-9. Request for Hearing; Limited Issues; Representation by Counsel Not Required

Sec. 9. (a) A hearing is not required in connection with the issuance of a certificate under this chapter. However, the commission shall conduct a hearing, subject to the requirements for hearings under IC 8-1-2 for public utilities, upon the request of any of the following:(1) The communications service provider submitting the application.(2) Any facilities based local exchange carrier offering service in a service area identified in the provider's application under section 6(a)(4) of this chapter.(3) The office of utility consumer counselor created by IC 8-1-1.1-2.(4) The commission, on its own motion.(b) A hearing conducted under this section shall be limited to consideration of one (1) or more of the following issues:(1) Whether the application and documents submitted under section 6 of this chapter are accurate, complete, and properly verified.(2) The communications service provider's financial, managerial, and technical ability to provide the communications service for which it seeks a certificate under this chapter.(c) The commission may not require a:(1) communications service provider; or(2) facilities based local exchange carrier offering service in a service area identified in the provider's application under section 6(a)(4) of this chapter;to be represented by counsel at a hearing under this section.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-10. Sale, Assignment, Lease, or Transfer of Certificate; Encumbrance of Certificate

Sec. 10. Subject to any notice requirements adopted by the commission under section 12 of this chapter, a certificate issued under this chapter may be:(1) sold, assigned, leased, or transferred by the holder to any communications service provider to which a certificate of territorial authority may be lawfully issued under this chapter; or(2) included in the property and rights encumbered under any indenture of mortgage or deed of trust of the holder.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-11. Tariff Not Required; Customer Notification Requirements; Tariff Effective Upon Filing

Sec. 11. (a) The commission may not require a communications service provider to file a tariff in connection with, or as a condition of receiving, a certificate of territorial authority under this chapter.(b) This subsection does not apply to a provider of commercial mobile service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 332). The commission may require, in connection with the issuance of a certificate under this chapter, the communications service provider to provide advance notice to the provider's Indiana customers if the provider will do any of the following:(1) Increase the rates and charges for any communications service that the provider offers in any of the provider's service areas in Indiana.(2) Offer new communications service in any of the provider's service areas in Indiana.(3) Cease to offer any communications service that the provider offers in any of the provider's service areas in Indiana.The commission shall prescribe any customer notification requirements under this subsection in a rule of general application adopted under IC 4-22-2.(c) A tariff filed with the commission by a communications service provider is effective upon filing.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55. Amended by P.L.177-2021, SEC.8.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-12. Notice of Change

Sec. 12. In connection with, or as a condition of receiving, a certificate of territorial authority under this chapter, the commission may require a communications service provider to notify the commission, after the issuance of a certificate, of any of the following changes involving the provider or the certificate issued:(1) Any transaction involving a change in the ownership, operation, control, or corporate organization of the provider, including a merger, acquisition, or reorganization.(2) A change in the provider's legal name or the adoption of, or change to, an assumed business name. The provider shall submit to the commission a certified copy of the:(A) amended certificate of authority; or(B) certificate of assumed business name;issued by the secretary of state to reflect the change.(3) A change in the provider's principal business address or in the name of the person authorized to receive notice on behalf of the provider.(4) Any sale, assignment, lease, or transfer of the certificate to another communications service provider, as allowed by section 10 of this chapter. The provider shall identify the other communications service provider to which the sale, assignment, lease, or transfer is made.(5) The relinquishment of any certificate issued under this chapter. The provider shall identify:(A) any other certificate of territorial authority issued under this chapter that will be retained by the provider;(B) the number of Indiana customers in the service area covered by the certificate being relinquished; and(C) the method by which the provider's customers were or will be notified of the relinquishment, if required in a rule adopted by the commission under section 11(b) of this chapter.(6) This subdivision does not apply to a provider of commercial mobile service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 332). A change in the communications service provided in one (1) or more of the service areas identified in the provider's application under section 6(a)(4) of this chapter. However, if new services will be provided in one (1) or more of the service areas, the commission may require the provider to submit a new application under section 6 of this chapter with respect to those services.(7) A change in one (1) or more of the service areas identified in the provider's application under section 6(a)(4) of this chapter that would increase or decrease the territory within the service area.The commission shall prescribe the time in which a provider must report changes under this section. The commission may prescribe a form for the reporting of changes under this section.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55. Amended by P.L.1-2007, SEC.76.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-13. Record of Certificates Issued; Public Access

Sec. 13. The commission shall maintain a record of all certificates of territorial authority issued under this chapter. The record must include all application forms, notices of change under section 12 of this chapter, and other documents filed with the commission under this chapter. The record must be made available:(1) for public inspection and copying in the office of the commission during regular business hours under IC 5-14-3; and(2) electronically through the computer gateway administered by the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1;to the extent the information in the record is not exempt from public disclosure under IC 5-14-3-4(a).As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-14. Exemption From Local Franchises and Fees; Access to Public Rights-of-Way; Exceptions; Designation as Public Utility for Purpose of Exemption From Fair Market Value Requirements for Use of Rights-of-Way in Federally Funded Transportation Projects

Sec. 14. A communications service provider that holds a certificate issued under this chapter:(1) is exempt from local franchises and related fees to the same extent as a communications service provider that holds a certificate of territorial authority or an indeterminate permit issued under IC 8-1-2 before July 1, 2009;(2) may access public rights-of-way to the same extent as a public utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-1(a)):(A) including a public right-of-way under the control of a county or municipality as provided in IC 8-1-2-101; but(B) not including rights-of-way, property, or projects that are the subject of a public-private agreement under IC 8-15.5 or IC 8-15.7 or communications systems infrastructure, including all infrastructure used for wireless communications, owned by or under the jurisdiction of the Indiana finance authority or the state or any of its agencies, departments, boards, commissions, authorities, or instrumentalities; and(3) shall be designated as a public utility solely as that term is used in 23 CFR 710.403(e)(2).As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55. Amended by P.L.145-2015, SEC.4; P.L.189-2019, SEC.8; P.L.177-2021, SEC.9.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-15. Commission's Authority to Adopt Rules

Sec. 15. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.55.
IN Code § 8-1-32.5-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.5. Certificates of Territorial Authority for Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.5-16. Ineligibility of Certain Communications Service Providers for Property Tax Exemptions

Sec. 16. A communications service provider, including a public utility that provides communications service, is not eligible for a property tax exemption under IC 6-1.1 for facilities and technologies used in the deployment and transmission of broadband service in an area where a communications service provider provides wireline broadband service.As added by P.L.256-2013, SEC.15.
IN Code § 8-1-32.6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.6. Access to Real Property by Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.6-1. "Commission"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "commission" refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission created by IC 8-1-1-2.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56.
IN Code § 8-1-32.6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.6. Access to Real Property by Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.6-2. "Communications Service"

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "communications service" refers to any of the following:(1) Telecommunications service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153).(2) Information service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 153).(b) The term includes:(1) video service (as defined in IC 8-1-34-14);(2) broadband service;(3) advanced services (as defined in 47 CFR 51.5); and(4) Internet Protocol enabled services;however classified by the Federal Communications Commission.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56. Amended by P.L.7-2015, SEC.14.
IN Code § 8-1-32.6-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.6. Access to Real Property by Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.6-3. "Communications Service Provider"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "communications service provider" means a person or an entity, or an affiliate (as defined in IC 8-1-34-1) of a person or an entity, that offers communications service to customers in Indiana, without regard to the technology or medium used by the person or entity to provide the communications service. The term includes a provider of commercial mobile service (as defined in 47 U.S.C. 332).As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56.
IN Code § 8-1-32.6-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.6. Access to Real Property by Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.6-4. "Multitenant Real Estate"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "multitenant real estate" means any:(1) geographic area;(2) building; or(3) group of buildings;containing more than one (1) unit for business purposes. The term includes office buildings and office parks. The term does not include apartment buildings, condominiums, or subdivisions.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56.
IN Code § 8-1-32.6-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.6. Access to Real Property by Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.6-5. "Person"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an unincorporated association, or a governmental entity.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56.
IN Code § 8-1-32.6-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.6. Access to Real Property by Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.6-6. "Provider of Last Resort"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "provider of last resort" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-32.4-9.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56.
IN Code § 8-1-32.6-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.6. Access to Real Property by Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.6-8. Exclusive Service Arrangements; Relief From Provider of Last Resort Obligations; Voluntary Provision of Services

Sec. 8. (a) The commission may not require a communications service provider, including a provider of last resort, to provide any communications service to the occupants of multitenant real estate if the owner, operator, or developer of the multitenant real estate does any of the following to the benefit of another communications service provider:(1) Permits only one (1) communications service provider to install the provider's facilities or equipment during the construction or development phase of the multitenant real estate.(2) Accepts or agrees to accept incentives or rewards that:(A) are offered by a communications service provider to the owner, operator, developer, or occupants of the multitenant real estate; and(B) are contingent upon the provision of communications service by that provider to the occupants of the multitenant real estate, to the exclusion of any services provided by other communications service providers.(3) Collects from the occupants of the multitenant real estate any charges for the provision of communications service to the occupants, including charges collected through rent, fees, or dues.(4) Enters into an agreement with a communications service provider that is prohibited by section 7 of this chapter.(b) This subsection applies to a communications service provider that is relieved under subsection (a) of an obligation to provide communications service to the occupants of multitenant real estate. This section does not prohibit the communications service provider from voluntarily offering service to the occupants of the multitenant real estate. However, the commission shall not exercise jurisdiction over the terms, conditions, rates, or availability of any communications service voluntarily offered by a communications service provider under this subsection.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56. Amended by P.L.8-2012, SEC.10.
IN Code § 8-1-32.6-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.6. Access to Real Property by Communications Service Providers|8-1-32.6-10. Commission's Authority to Adopt Rules

Sec. 10. The commission may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.56.
IN Code § 8-1-32.7-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.7. Use and Provision of Communications Service by the State|8-1-32.7-1. "Communications Service"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "communications service" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-32.5-3.As added by P.L.79-2012, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-32.7-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.7. Use and Provision of Communications Service by the State|8-1-32.7-2. "Communications Service Provider"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "communications service provider" has the meaning set forth in IC 8-1-32.5-4.As added by P.L.79-2012, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-32.7-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.7. Use and Provision of Communications Service by the State|8-1-32.7-3. "I-Light"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "I-Light" refers to the high speed communications network that connects state educational institutions and private postsecondary educational institutions throughout Indiana. The term includes the networks, and any successor networks, known at any time as I-Light or I-Light 2, or any other version or iteration of those names, or by any other designation.As added by P.L.79-2012, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-32.7-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.7. Use and Provision of Communications Service by the State|8-1-32.7-4. "State"

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "state" means the state of Indiana and any officer, agency, department, board, bureau, commission, division, or institution of the state of Indiana, the trustees or board of directors of any instrumentality of the state of Indiana or body politic of the state of Indiana, and the trustees of any state educational institution.(b) The term includes a state agency or other instrumentality of state government that holds the contract for the state's indefeasible right of use to I-Light.As added by P.L.79-2012, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-32.7-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 32.7. Use and Provision of Communications Service by the State|8-1-32.7-5. Use of I-Light to Provide Communications Service Prohibited; Exceptions; Existing Contractual Obligations

Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) and in IC 21-28-5, after March 31, 2012, I-Light may not be used to offer or provide, directly or indirectly, communications service to the public or to any private or governmental entity.(b) This section does not prohibit the use of I-Light for any of the following:(1) The provision of communications service to the extent used solely for 911 service, enhanced 911 service, or any other emergency or law enforcement purpose.(2) The provision of communications service to a state educational institution or a private postsecondary educational institution in furtherance of education or research for the direct benefit of students, faculty, or staff. The provision of communications service under this subdivision may include the provision of communications service to a person that is not a state educational institution or a private postsecondary educational institution if:(A) the person has a research and development relationship with a state educational institution or a private postsecondary educational institution; and(B) the communications service required by and provided to the person:(i) is a one (1) gigabit per second or greater network connection;(ii) is used in furtherance of the research and development relationship only;(iii) is provided only for a specific research and development project;(iv) is provided only for the limited duration of the specific research and development project; and(v) is not provided in competition with private sector communications service providers' provision of communications service.(3) The provision of communications service to member licensees of Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations, Inc., for the direct benefit of public broadcasting.(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the state remains subject to any contractual rights, duties, and obligations incurred by the state and owed to any private person under a contract for the provision of communications service that was entered into by the state before April 1, 2012, and that remains in effect after March 31, 2012. All liens, security interests, royalties, and other contracts, rights, and interests owed to a private person under the contract continue in full force and effect and must be paid or performed by the state in the manner specified in the contract, subject to the right of the state and all other contracting parties to renegotiate the terms of the contract at any time before the expiration of the contract.As added by P.L.79-2012, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-34-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 34. Video Service Franchises|8-1-34-1. "Affiliate"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "affiliate" has the meaning set forth in IC 23-1-43-1. The term includes a parent company or a subsidiary.As added by P.L.27-2006, SEC.58.