THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

       MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1999


      COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 016

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS

           (Deferred from March 2 and 4, 1999)

SB 873     RELATING TO MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES                   CPN
           Requires use of USPAP  to determine property's fair
           market   value    for    condemnation   and   lease
           renegotiation purposes.   Allows reopening of lease
           renegotiations concluded within the last five years
           for reconsideration under USPAP standards.


                    (Deferred from March 4, 1999)

SB 785     RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES                           CPN
           Requires the public utilities commission to replace
           an existing  telecom  provider  with an alternative
           provider when it  determines  that  an  area of the
           State  has  less  than  adequate  service  and  the
           existing provider fails  to  satisfy  its burden in
           response  to  an  order   to  show  cause  why  the
           commission  should  not  authorize  an  alternative
           provider for  that  area.    Allows the alternative
           provider to acquire  the former provider's property
           by eminent  domain  as  may  be  necessary  for the
           provision of basic  local  exchange service in that
           area.

                   No testimony will be accepted.


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