§ 56-483. Refusal or neglect to make reports; obstructing Commission in discharge of duties; violations in general
Every officer, agent or employee of any telephone company, who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report lawfully required by the Commission for the purposes of this chapter or who shall willfully or unlawfully delay or obstruct the Commission in the discharge of the duties imposed upon it by the Constitution […]
§ 56-482. Agreements between telephone companies to be submitted to Commission
Upon demand of either party thereto or any person affected thereby all arrangements and agreements whatever between two or more telephone companies doing business in this Commonwealth, affecting or regulating the division of charges, earnings, or the manner of transmission of messages over their respective lines, or the physical connection between the lines of such […]
§ 56-481. Repealed
Repealed by Acts 2011, cc. 738 and 740, cl. 2.
§ 56-481.1. Rates, charges, and regulations for interexchange telephone service
If under Chapter 10.1 (§ 56-265.1 et seq.) a certificate of public convenience and necessity is issued to a telephone company to provide interexchange service, the Commission may, if it determines that such service will be provided on a competitive basis, approve rates, charges, and regulations as it may deem appropriate for the telephone company […]
§ 56-481.2. Rates, charges and regulations for local exchange telephone services provided by new entrants
If, under subsection B of § 56-265.4:4, a certificate of public convenience and necessity is issued to a new entrant to provide local exchange telephone service, the Commission shall at the same time adopt a form of regulation for the new entrant’s local exchange services and, upon application pursuant to § 56-235.5, for the incumbent […]
§ 56-479.4. Designation of eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing Lifeline service
The Commission may designate any commercial mobile radio or cellular telephone service provider as an eligible telecommunications carrier for purposes of providing Lifeline service, in addition to any commercial mobile radio or cellular telephone service providers designated as such pursuant to 47 U.S.C. §§ 214(e) and (e)(2), without requiring any such provider to obtain a […]
§ 56-480. Rates, etc., on file with Commission not to be questioned in courts; revision; proof
The reasonableness, justice and validity of any rate, charge, rule, regulation or requirement on file with the Commission for any telephone company shall not be questioned in any suit brought by any person in the courts of this Commonwealth against any such telephone company, wherein is involved the charges of such company for the transmission […]
§ 56-480.1. Time limit on institution of approved rates
No telephone company shall institute a rate for service contained within the official tariff of the company more than three years from the date such rate is approved by the State Corporation Commission. 1975, c. 550.
§ 56-480.2. Operator assistance at pay stations
No telephone company shall require the deposit of money in any pay station as a prerequisite to reaching the operator from such station. 1979, c. 71.
§ 56-479. Commission to make rules; require connection between companies; inspect lines and buildings
The Commission shall keep itself fully informed of the condition of all the telephone companies of this Commonwealth as to the manner in which they are operated with reference to the accommodation of the public and shall, from time to time, make and enforce such requirements, rules and regulations as in its judgment will promote […]