HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ADVANCING E-GOVERNMENT

February 13, 2001 Hearing Room E

3:30 PM Tapes 11 - 12

MEMBERS PRESENT: Rep. Jim Hill, Chair

Rep. Rob Patridge, Vice-Chair

Rep. Kathy Lowe

MEMBER EXCUSED:

STAFF PRESENT: Mark Jolley, Committee Administrator

Alice Morton, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: HB 2212 – PUBLIC HEARING

HB 272 7 – PUBLIC HEARING

These minutes are in compliance with Senate and House Rules. Only text enclosed in quotation marks reports a speaker’s exact words. For complete contents, please refer to the tapes.

TAPE/#	Speaker	Comments
TAPE 11, A
HB 2212 – PUBLIC HEARING
03	Chair Hill	Convenes committee at 3:37 p.m. and opens a public hearing on HB 2212.
06	Mark Jolley	Explains HB 2212 (EXHIBIT A) which limits personal information on the Oregon No Call List database to only telephone numbers of parties who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations at listed numbers.
015	Cheryl Pellegrini	Attorney In Charge, Department of Justice (DOJ). Provides written material (EXHIBIT B) and begins testimony in support of HB 2212.
130	Pellegrini	Continues presentation, explaining the second part of HB 2212, in that the attorney general and the No Call List administrator cannot disclose personal information about individuals who do not wish to receive telephone solicitations.
185	Brant Wolf	Administrator, Oregon Telecommunications Association. Provides a proposed amendment to HB 2212 (EXHIBIT C) and begins testimony.
229	Ginny Lang	Public Affairs Manager, QUEST. Explains their position on the bill.
255	Committee	Discussion with Lang, Pellegrini, and Wolf on HB 2212.
365	Chair Hill	Closes public hearing on HB 2212 and opens public hearing on HB 2727.
HB 2727 – PUBLIC HEARING
370	Jolley	Committee Administrator. Explains HB 2727 (EXHIBIT D) which provides that application of certain laws governing telecommunications services to unincorporated associations and cooperative corporations does not authorize Public Utility Commission to establish terms, conditions, classifications or rates for services.
382	Rep. Schrader	Testifies in support of HB 2727.
433	Tom Linstrom	CEO/President, Beaver Creek Cooperative Telephone Company (BCT). Provides written materials (EXHIBIT E) and testifies in support of HB 2727.
TAPE 12, A
056	Committee	Questions and responses between Chair Hill and Mr. Linstrom regarding clarification of the differences between cooperatives and other telecommunications utilities. Says that under state statutes, Beaver Creek Telephone Company is neither.
109	Rep. Lowe	Asks for clarification of what regulations they are trying to avoid.
112	Linstrom	Responds they are not trying to avoid regulations.
121	Rep. Lowe	Asks, then, what regulations they have found inappropriate.
125	Linstrom	Responds with an illustration of a past bill.
157	Rep. Patridge	Asks for an example of how the PUC negatively affects the BCT.
167	Linstrom	Responds with an example.
210	Linstrom	Continues testimony in support of HB 2727.
223	Rep. Schrader	Clarifies Mr. Linstrom’s three points regarding the PUC requirements and legal morass that extend cost to the cooperative. Third point is philosophy of regulation of a small cooperative.
321	Linstrom	Says he has DSL throughout his exchange as an example of cooperative’s modern services.
339	Chair Hill	Asks if there was a specific thing PUC staff asked him not to mention in earlier testimony.
342	Linstrom	Responds, no.
355	Chair Hill	Says is it common knowledge the utilities are afraid to testify for fear of retribution.
369	Chair Hill	Closes public hearing on HB 2727, and adjourns committee at 4:30 p.m.

Submitted By, Reviewed By,

Alice Morton, Mark Jolley,

Committee Assistant Committee Administrator

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – HB 2212, staff 3pp.

B – HB 2212, written testimony and material, Cheryl Pellegrini, 4pp.

C – HB 2212, proposed amendment, Brant Wolf, 1p.

D – HB 2727, staff, 1p.

E – HB 2727, written testimony, Tom Lindstrom, 1p.