SB1046

THE CONTEXT: The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) maintains jurisdiction over most local telephone service, including quality of service. The scope of services the telecommunications industry provides includes local and long-distance telephone service, cellular service, paging services and internet services.

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would require Infrastructure that is in or serves Arizona to be constructed without including any equipment that was manufactured by a foreign adversary, prohibit Infrastructure equipment manufactured in or by a: a; foreign adversary; b; state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary; c; company domiciled within a foreign adversary; d; company owned by a foreign adversary; e; foreign adversary entitled to control the company by the company's governing documents; f; foreign adversary state-owned enterprise; or g; foreign adversary-domiciled company, and require any Infrastructure in operation, or not fully disabled, to remove all prohibited equipment and be replace d with equipment in compliance with this legislation.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to turn the Legislature's standard for telecommunications infrastructure into an enforceable rule. It would require Infrastructure that is in or serves Arizona to be constructed without including any equipment that was manufactured by a foreign adversary, and would also prohibit Infrastructure equipment manufactured in or by a: a. foreign adversary; b. state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary; c. company domiciled within a foreign adversary; d. company owned by a foreign adversary; e. foreign adversary entitled to control the company by the company's governing documents; f. foreign adversary state-owned enterprise; or g. foreign adversary-domiciled company, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.