Section 62-903 – APPLICANT MUST DEFRAY EXPENSES.
62-903. APPLICANT MUST DEFRAY EXPENSES. No corporation is required to lay a service pipe where serious obstacles exist to laying it, unless the applicant, if required, deposits in advance with the corporation, a sum of money sufficient to pay the cost of laying such service pipe, or his proportion thereof. History: [(62-903) R.S., sec. 2789; […]
Section 62-623 – SUBSIDY REFORM — UNIVERSAL SERVICE — REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
62-623. SUBSIDY REFORM — UNIVERSAL SERVICE — REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. The commission shall commence a proceeding to: (1) Identify and quantify implicit subsidies within the rates of incumbent telephone corporations including, but not limited to: (a) Access charges paid by intrastate interexchange carriers to incumbent telephone corporations including all of the carrier common line charge; […]
Section 62-904 – RIGHT TO INSPECT METERS.
62-904. RIGHT TO INSPECT METERS. Any agent of a gas corporation, exhibiting written authority signed by the president or secretary thereof for such purpose, may enter any building or premises lighted with gas supplied by such corporation, to inspect the gas meters therein, to ascertain the quantity of gas supplied or consumed. Every owner or […]
Section 62-624 – PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO ENACTMENT RATIFIED.
62-624. PROCEEDINGS PRIOR TO ENACTMENT RATIFIED. Commission orders issued prior to approval of this act which relate to duties or authority granted to the commission by the telecommunications act of 1996 are hereby ratified and approved to the extent that such actions conform with the provisions of this chapter and the telecommunications act of 1996. […]
Section 62-701 – RIGHT TO USE HIGHWAYS.
62-701. RIGHT TO USE HIGHWAYS. Telephone corporations may construct or install telephone lines along, beneath the surface of or upon any public road or highway, or along, beneath the surface of, or across any of the waters or lands within this state, and may erect or install poles, posts, piers or abutments for supporting the […]
Section 62-701A – AUTHORITY PRESERVED.
62-701A. AUTHORITY PRESERVED. (1) As used in this section, "public rights-of-way" shall mean the surface, the air space above the surface, and the area below the surface of any public street, highway, lane, path, alley, sidewalk, boulevard, drive, bridge, tunnel, park, parkway, waterway, easement, leasehold interest, or similar property which, consistent with the purposes for […]
Section 62-702 – INJURY TO COMPANY’S PROPERTY.
62-702. INJURY TO COMPANY’S PROPERTY. Any person who injures or destroys, through want of proper care, any necessary or useful fixture of any telegraph or telephone corporation, is liable to the corporation for all damages sustained thereby. History: [(62-702) R.S., sec. 2701; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2834; C.S., sec. 4833; I.C.A., sec. 60-702.]
Section 62-703 – PENALTY FOR MALICIOUS INJURY.
62-703. PENALTY FOR MALICIOUS INJURY. Any person who wilfully or maliciously does any injury to any telegraph or telephone property mentioned in the preceding section, is liable to the corporation for 100 times the amount of actual damages sustained thereby, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. History: [(62-703) R.S., sec. 2702; reen. […]
Section 62-704 – TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND FRANCHISES.
62-704. TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND FRANCHISES. Any telegraph or telephone corporation may, at any time, with the consent of the persons holding two-thirds of the issued stock of the corporation, sell, lease, assign, transfer or convey any rights, privileges, franchises or property of the corporation, except its corporate franchise. History: [(62-704) R.S., sec. 2703; reen. […]
Section 62-616 – COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE SUBSCRIBER COMPLAINTS.
62-616. COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE SUBSCRIBER COMPLAINTS. The commission shall have the authority to investigate and resolve complaints made by subscribers to telecommunication services which are subject to the provisions of this chapter which concern the quality and availability of local exchange service, or whether price and conditions of service are in conformance with filed […]