Colorado § 40-15-203 - Manner of regulation - refraining from regulation.
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§ 40-15-203. Manner of regulation - refraining from regulation.
(1) to (5) Repealed.
(6) (a) 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.
(b) 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.
(7) 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.
(8) 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.
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 L. 2014: (2), (3), (4), and (5) repealed, (HB 14-1331), ch. 152, p. 524, § 3, effective May 9.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: (1) This section is similar to former § 40-15-104 as it existed prior to 1987.
(2) Subsection (1)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (1), effective July 1, 1996. (See L. 95, p. 756.)
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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