On the printed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"
Section 1. That chapter
49-31
be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
The commission may not, prior to the implementation and availability of a sufficient amount of
offsetting funds from a state universal service fund to be hereafter adopted, make any change to any
of its rules adopted for the determination and implementation of fair and reasonable switched access
charges pursuant to
§
§
49-31-18 and 49-31-19 if the change would have the effect of reducing the
switched access rates of any local exchange carrier."