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[CITE: 40USC783]

 
             TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
 
               CHAPTER 17--ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS DISPOSAL
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED LONG-LINES COMMUNICATION 
                       FACILITIES IN AND TO ALASKA
 
Sec. 783. Agreements for transfer; services without 
        interruption, change of rates and charges, and finality of 
        transfer
        
    The agreements by which a transfer is made under this subchapter 
shall include a provision that--
        (1) the person to whom the transfer is made shall, subject to 
    the rules and regulations of any body or commission established by 
    the State of Alaska to govern and regulate communications services 
    to the public and of the Federal Communications Commission and all 
    applicable statutes, treaties, and conventions, provide without 
    interruption, the communication services involved in the transfer, 
    except those services reserved by the United States in the transfer;
        (2) the rates and charges for such services applicable at the 
    time of transfer shall not be changed for a period of one year from 
    the date of such transfer unless approved by a governmental body or 
    commission having jurisdiction; and
        (3) the transfer will not be final unless and until the 
    transferee shall receive any requisite licenses and certificates of 
    convenience and necessity to operate interstate and intrastate 
    commercial communications in Alaska from the appropriate 
    governmental regulatory bodies.

(Pub. L. 90-135, title II, Sec. 203, Nov. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 443.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 784 of this title.
