§ 65-30-112. Penalty
Any person or the officer, agent or employee of any organization who willfully violates any provisions of this chapter or of any rule, regulation or order adopted thereunder, or who willfully procures, aids or abets any violation of such a provision, commits a Class C misdemeanor. Each day’s violation is a separate offense.
§ 65-30-102. Declaration of Public Policy
Upon investigation, the general assembly has determined that the rates, services and operations of radio common carriers are affected with a public interest, and it is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to provide fair regulation of such carriers in the interest of the public, to promote adequate, economical and efficient radio […]
§ 65-30-103. Chapter Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Commission” means the Tennessee public utility commission; “Radio common carrier” and “carrier” includes any person, firm, corporation, company, association or partnership owning, operating or managing a business of providing radio services to the public on a for-hire basis and under such circumstances as would require […]
§ 65-30-104. Applicability of Chapter
This chapter relates only to “radio common carriers” as defined in § 65-30-103 and shall not apply to mobile radio telephone service offered by land line telephone or telegraph utilities regulated by the commission. This chapter shall not apply to operations of radio or television broadcast stations licensed and regulated by the federal communications commission.
§ 65-30-105. Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
No person or organization shall hereafter begin the construction, extension or operation of a radio common carrier system or acquire ownership or control thereof, without first obtaining from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require such construction, extension, operation or acquisition. The application for such […]
§ 65-30-106. General Jurisdiction of Commission
The commission has the power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate every radio common carrier operating within this state and its property, property rights, equipment, facilities, contracts, certificates and franchises so far as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and to do all things, whether specifically designated in this chapter […]
§ 65-30-107. Rates
The commission shall prescribe just and reasonable rates, charges and classifications for the services rendered by a radio common carrier to subscribers. Tariffs shall be in such form and filed and published in such manner and on such notice as the commission may prescribe.
§ 65-30-108. Duties of Radio Common Carriers
Each radio common carrier shall provide safe and adequate service, equipment and facilities for the operation of its system. No radio common carrier shall demand or receive a greater or less or different compensation for providing service than the rates and charges specified in the tariff filed and approved by the commission. Every radio common […]
§ 65-30-109. Abandonment
No radio common carrier shall abandon all or any part of its system or other property necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to the public, or discontinue or temporarily suspend all or any part of the service which it is rendering to the public by the use of same, without first obtaining […]
§ 65-30-110. Interconnection With Land Line Telephone Utility
Whenever the commission finds that public convenience and necessity require the interconnection of the radio communications facilities of a certificated radio common carrier with the telephone facilities of a land line telephone utility serving all or part of the certificated territory of the radio common carrier, and that such common carrier and land line telephone […]