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MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES
392.185. Purpose of chapter.
392.185. The provisions of this chapter shall be construed to:
(1) Promote universally available and widely affordabletelecommunications services;
(2) Maintain and advance the efficiency and availability oftelecommunications services;
(3) Promote diversity in the supply of telecommunications servicesand products throughout the state of Missouri;
(4) Ensure that customers pay only reasonable charges fortelecommunications service;
(5) Permit flexible regulation of competitive telecommunicationscompanies and competitive telecommunications services;
(6) Allow full and fair competition to function as a substitute forregulation when consistent with the protection of ratepayers and otherwiseconsistent with the public interest;
(7) Promote parity of urban and rural telecommunications services;
(8) Promote economic, educational, health care and culturalenhancements; and
(9) Protect consumer privacy.
(L. 1996 S.B. 507)