§ 62-333 – Screening employment applications.
62-333. Screening employment applications. The Chief Personnel Officer, or that person’s designee, of any public utility franchised to do business in North Carolina shall be permitted to obtain from the State Bureau of Investigation a confidential copy of criminal history record information for screening an applicant for employment with or an employee of a utility […]
§ 62-350 – (See Editor's note) Regulation of pole attachments.
62-350. (See Editor’s note) Regulation of pole attachments. (a) A municipality, or a membership corporation organized under Chapter 117 of the General Statutes, that owns or controls poles, ducts, or conduits, but which is exempt from regulation under section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, shall allow any communications service provider to […]
§ 62-310 – Public utility violating any provision of Chapter, rules or orders; penalty; enforcement by injunction.
62-310. Public utility violating any provision of Chapter, rules or orders; penalty; enforcement by injunction. (a) Any public utility which violates any of the provisions of this Chapter or refuses to conform to or obey any rule, order or regulation of the Commission shall, in addition to the other penalties prescribed in this Chapter forfeit […]
§ 62-311 – Willful acts of employees deemed those of public utility.
62-311. Willful acts of employees deemed those of public utility. The willful act of any officer, agent, or employee of a public utility, acting within the scope of his official duties of employment, shall, for the purpose of this Article, be deemed to be the willful act of the utility. (1933, c. 307, s. 29; […]
§ 62-312 – Actions to recover penalties.
62-312. Actions to recover penalties. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, an action for the recovery of any penalty under this Chapter shall be instituted in Wake County, and shall be instituted in the name of the State of North Carolina on the relation of the Utilities Commission against the person incurring such penalty; […]
§ 62-313 – Refusal to permit Commission to inspect records made misdemeanor.
62-313. Refusal to permit Commission to inspect records made misdemeanor. Any public utility, its officers or agents in charge thereof, that fails or refuses upon the written demand of the Commission, or a majority of said Commission, and under the seal of the Commission, to permit the Commission, its authorized representatives or employees to examine […]
§ 62-314 – Violating rules, with injury to others.
62-314. Violating rules, with injury to others. If any public utility doing business in this State by its agents or employees shall be guilty of the violation of the rules and regulations provided and prescribed by the Commission, and if after due notice of such violation given to the principal officer thereof, if residing in […]
§ 62-315 – Failure to make report; obstructing Commission.
62-315. Failure to make report; obstructing Commission. Every officer, agent or employee of any public utility, who shall willfully neglect or refuse to make and furnish any report required by the Commission for the purposes of this Chapter, or who shall willfully or unlawfully hinder, delay or obstruct the Commission in the discharge of the […]
§ 62-316 – Disclosure of information by employee of Commission unlawful.
62-316. Disclosure of information by employee of Commission unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any agent or employees of the Commission knowingly and willfully to divulge any fact or information which may come to his knowledge during the course of any examination or inspection made under authority of this Chapter, except as he may be […]
§ 62-317 – Remedies for injuries cumulative.
62-317. Remedies for injuries cumulative. The remedies given by this Chapter to persons injured shall be regarded as cumulative to the remedies otherwise provided by law against public utilities. (1899, c. 164, s. 26; Rev., s. 1093; C.S., s. 1112; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)