MICHIGAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 179 of 1991
Article 4
UNREGULATED SERVICES


484.2401 Unregulated services generally.

Sec. 401.

    (1) Except as otherwise provided by law or preempted by federal law, the commission does not have authority over enhanced services, paging, cellular, mobile, answering services, retail broadband service, video, cable service, pay-per-view, shared tenant, private networks, financial services networks, radio and television, WATS, personal communication networks, municipally owned telecommunication system, 800 prefix services, burglar and fire alarm services, energy management services, except for state institutions of higher education the reselling of centrex or its equivalent, payphone services, interconnected voice over internet protocol service, and the reselling of an unlicensed telecommunication service. The services listed in this subsection shall not be considered part of basic local exchange service.
    (2) The commission has authority over the telecommunication services specifically provided for in this act.
    (3) This section does not modify or affect either of the following:
    (a) The authority of a provider or the commission to act pursuant to or enforce 47 USC 251, 47 USC 252, any lawful and applicable tariff, or any state law, regulation, or order related to wholesale rights and obligations, including the rights and obligations of local exchange carriers to interconnect and exchange voice traffic.
    (b) The payment of switched access rates or other intercarrier compensation rates, as applicable.


History: 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1995 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 235, Imd. Eff. Nov. 22, 2005 ;-- Am. 2011, Act 58, Imd. Eff. June 14, 2011





484.2402 Unregulated services; tariff.

Sec. 402.

    (1) A provider of an unregulated service may file with the commission a tariff which shall contain the information the provider determines to be appropriate regarding the offered service.
    (2) The commission shall retain a tariff filed under this section and make all information contained in the tariff available to the public.


History: 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992





484.2403 Impairing speed of connection to telecommunication emergency service.

Sec. 403.

     A provider of unregulated telecommunication services shall not at any time refuse, charge, delay, or impair the speed of the connecting of a person to a telecommunication emergency service.


History: 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992




Rendered 8/15/2025 11:26 AM
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