An act relating to advance notification of preplanned outages of voice services

This bill requires telecommunications companies to notify customers, the Enhanced 911 Board, and the Department of Public Service before intentionally shutting down voice services. The law mandates that carriers publish outage notices in local newspapers and provide specific details about the timing and scope of planned service interruptions. The Enhanced 911 Board will create rules to define what constitutes affected subscribers and service areas, establish notification standards, and set penalties for non-compliance. Any fines collected from carriers violating these requirements must be used to fund programs that reduce future service outages.