Section 374:22-j Duties of the Oversight Committee.

NEW HAMPSHIRE STATUTES AND CODES

Section 374:22-j Duties of the Oversight Committee.

The committee's duties shall include, but not be limited to:
   I. Examining the restructuring of telecommunications services and rates.
   II. Examining the issue of the resale of telecommunications services and the feasibility of facilitating the resale process.
   III. Considering the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of installing certain high-speed telecommunications lines.
   IV. Exploring the feasibility of establishing special rates for educational institutions, to the extent that it has not occurred.
   V. Examining the issue of rural access and delivery.
   VI. Examining the expansion of internet access to all parts of New Hampshire, including rural areas.
   VII. Examining the improvement of access to on-line services.
   VIII. Examining the issues of encryption and data security in computer networks.
   IX. Examining the issue of municipal aggregation of local, toll, and other telecommunications services.
   X. Monitoring the issue of special contracts by telephone utilities.
   XI. Examining the issue of non-disclosure by telecommunications carriers of customer information including information related to services subscribed to by individual customers.
   XII. Examining the issue of network congestion on facilities and equipment owned by telephone utilities.
   XIII. Monitoring the progress of the office of energy and planning in relation to wireless telecommunications facilities.
   XIV. Monitoring the progress of a la carte programming substitute initiatives to a la carte programming in the cable television industry, and monitoring impacts of television violence on children and initiatives addressing those concerns.
   XV. Submitting a report, together with any recommendations for legislation, to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, and the governor on or before November 1 of each year.
   XVI. Examining the assessment of surcharges on pay telephone use.
   XVII. Studying the implementation of a statewide emergency notification system which is appropriate for both state and local needs and considering possible funding sources for such system. The committee shall consider a reverse 911-system and other means of notification.