TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi utility regulator says he’s will challenge a new law that removes most of the state’s remaining regulatory authority over AT&T.

Brandon Presley, who represents north Mississippi on the Public Service Commission, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/Nm0I2M) that he’ll file a lawsuit as a private citizen in Hinds County Circuit Court.

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