{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-392.185","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 392.185","heading":"Purpose of chapter.","body":"The provisions of this chapter shall be construed to:\n(1) Promote universally available and widely affordable telecommunications services;\n(2) Maintain and advance the efficiency and availability of telecommunications services;\n(3) Promote diversity in the supply of telecommunications services and products throughout the state of Missouri;\n(4) Ensure that customers pay only reasonable charges for telecommunications service;\n(5) Permit flexible regulation of competitive telecommunications companies and competitive telecommunications services;\n(6) Allow full and fair competition to function as a substitute for regulation when consistent with the protection of ratepayers and otherwise consistent with the public interest;\n(7) Promote parity of urban and rural telecommunications services;\n(8) Promote economic, educational, health care and cultural enhancements; and\n(9) Protect consumer privacy.","path":["Title XXV - INCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS","Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=392.185","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"d0180d751c265163195920971a4ab530404526e353a56c6818737dd277def4f6","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-392.180","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-392.190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}