DOCKET UT-971599 Page 1
BEFORE THE WASHINGTON UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION


Application of      ) 
INVISION TELECOM INC.,     ) DOCKET UT-971599
for Authority to Transfer Selected  ) 
Assets to       ) ORDER GRANTING
TALTON INVISION, INC.,     ) APPLICATION
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . )


  On November 4, 1997, Invision Telecom, Inc., filed an application with the 
Commission under the provisions of chapter RCW 80.12 and chapter WAC 480-143 
for an order authorizing the transfer of selected assets to Talton Invision, 
Inc.

  Invision Telecom, Inc., was registered as a telecommunications company in 
Docket UT-951100.  The order authorizing registration was based upon Invision 
Telecom, Inc., providing telecommunication services to inmate facilities.  

  Invision Telecom, Inc., will transfer selected assets to Talton Invision, 
Inc., for a cash purchase price defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement.  
Invision Telecom, Inc., will continue to operate as an inmate facilities 
telecommunications provider in Washington state.  The transfer of assets will 
be made in a seamless fashion that will not affect the provision of 
telecommunication services in Washington.  The rates, terms, and conditions 
currently available to Invision Telecom, Inc., customers will not change as a 
result of the transaction. 

FINDINGS

  THE COMMISSION FINDS:

  1. Invision Telecom, Inc., is a public service company subject to regulation 
by this Commission, under the provisions of chapters, RCW 80.12 and RCW 80.36.

  2. As to form, the application filed herein meets the requirements of chapter 
RCW 80.12 and the rules and regulations of the Commission adopted pursuant 
thereto.

  3. The proposed sale and transfer of selected assets is not inconsistent with 
the public interest and should therefore be approved under the terms and 
conditions of this order.






O R D E R

  THE COMMISSION ORDERS:
  
  1. After the effective date of this order and subject to the conditions 
hereof, Invision Telecom, Inc., is hereby authorized to transfer selected 
assets to Talton Invision, Inc. 

  2. Within 30 days after the above authorized transfer has been consumated, 
Invision Telecom, Inc., shall file with the Commission true copies of the 
instruments of transfer which were executed pursuant to this order.

  3. This order shall in no way affect the authority of this Commission over 
rates, service, evaluations, or accounts that may come before it, nor shall 
anything herein be construed as an acquiescence in any estimate or 
determination of cost or any valuation of property claimed or asserted.

  DATED at Olympia, Washington, and effective this 31st day of December, 1997.



      PAUL CURL, Acting Secretary