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 62-705 – RIGHTS OF WAY FOR ELECTRIC POWER COMPANIES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF.
62-705. RIGHTS OF WAY FOR ELECTRIC POWER COMPANIES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF. Any person, company or corporation incorporated or that may hereinafter be incorporated under the laws of this state or of any state or territory of the United States, and doing business in this state, the United States […]
Section 62-801 – REFUSAL TO ACCEPT MESSAGES UNLAWFUL.
62-801. REFUSAL TO ACCEPT MESSAGES UNLAWFUL. It shall be unlawful for any telegraph or telephone company or any person in charge of such telegraph or telephone service, or operating or controlling any public telegraph or telephone system or office within this state, in whole or in part, or any employee thereof, to fail or refuse […]
Section 62-802 – TELEGRAPH OFFICES MUST CONNECT WITH TELEPHONE.
62-802. TELEGRAPH OFFICES MUST CONNECT WITH TELEPHONE. All telegraph offices or stations from which messages are transmitted, or at which messages are received for transmission shall be equipped with proper telephone connections in order that messages and communications may be expeditiously transferred from telegraph to telephone lines or from telephone to telegraph lines when such […]
Section 62-609 – IMPUTED AND NONDISCRIMINATORY ACCESS CHARGES — COMMISSION AUTHORITY.
62-609. IMPUTED AND NONDISCRIMINATORY ACCESS CHARGES — COMMISSION AUTHORITY. (1) A telephone corporation, which provides basic local exchange service, and which also provides message telecommunications service shall impute to itself its prices of special access or private line access and switched access for the use of essential facilities used in the provision of message telecommunications […]