| 3 | 2 | | *ANS150* 03/10/2025 5:53:05 PM ANS150 |
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| 4 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 5 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 6 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1737 3 |
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| 8 | 7 | | By: Representative M. Brown 5 |
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| 9 | 8 | | By: Senator Dees 6 |
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| 11 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 12 | 11 | | AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRANSMITTING UTILITY ACT; TO 9 |
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| 13 | 12 | | AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "TRANSMITTING UTILITY" TO 10 |
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| 14 | 13 | | INCLUDE FIBER OPTIC AND BROADBAND LINES; AND FOR 11 |
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| 15 | 14 | | OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 17 | 16 | | 14 |
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| 18 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 19 | 18 | | TO AMEND THE TRANSMITTING UTILITY ACT; 16 |
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| 20 | 19 | | AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF 17 |
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| 21 | 20 | | "TRANSMITTING UTILITY" TO INCLUDE FIBER 18 |
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| 22 | 21 | | OPTIC AND BROADBAND LINES. 19 |
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| 24 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 26 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 4 -19-102(1), concerning the definition of 23 |
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| 27 | 26 | | "transmitting utility" under the Transmitting Utility Act, is amended to read 24 |
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| 28 | 27 | | as follows: 25 |
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| 29 | 28 | | (1) "Transmitting utility" means any a corporation or other 26 |
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| 30 | 29 | | entity primarily engaged in : 27 |
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| 31 | 30 | | (A) the The railroad or street railway business ,; 28 |
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| 32 | 31 | | (B) the The furnishing of telephone or telegraph service ,; 29 |
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| 33 | 32 | | (C) the The transmission of oil, gas, or petroleum 30 |
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| 34 | 33 | | products by pipeline , or; 31 |
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| 35 | 34 | | (D) the The production, transmission, or distribution of 32 |
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| 36 | 35 | | electricity, steam, gas, or water ; or 33 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (E) The provision of fiber optic communication service, 34 |
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| 38 | 37 | | broadband internet service, or similar high -speed data transmission services . 35 |
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