Article 2. TELEPHONE SERVICE  


Part 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 46-5-20. Judicial proceedings for disconnection and removal of illegally used telephone facilities; liability of telephone companies for complying with order of disconnection and removal
§ 46-5-21. Using telephone communications for obscene, threatening, or harassing purposes
§ 46-5-22. Using telephone communications for obscene comments, requests, or suggestions; injunction; recorded commercial message
§ 46-5-23. Use of automatic dialing and recorded message (ADAD) equipment
§ 46-5-24. Use of certain telephone numbers by ADAD equipment prohibited
§ 46-5-25. Transmission of unsolicited commercial facsimile messages
§ 46-5-26. Access to live telephone operator
§ 46-5-27. Telephone solicitations to residential, mobile, or wireless subscribers; Public Service Commission to establish and maintain list of certain subscribers; authorization for imposition of administrative fees; confidential nature of data base; required identification
§ 46-5-28. Consent required for inclusion of subscribers' names or dialing numbers in a wireless telephone data base or a traditional telephone directory; exceptions; disclosure of wireless numbers to telemarketers prohibited; violations; immunity of service suppliers for authorized disclosures
Part 1A. TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR THE PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED
§ 46-5-30. Establishment, administration, and operation of state-wide dual party relay service and audible universal information access service
§ 46-5-31. Rates and charges; surcharge not includable in gross receipts subject to franchise tax
Part 2. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF LINES, PLANTS, OR SYSTEMS GENERALLY
§ 46-5-40. "Person" defined
§ 46-5-41. Obtaining of certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction, operation, acquisition, or extension of telephone lines, plants, or systems
§ 46-5-42. Interference with existing telephone lines, plants, or systems by person constructing or extending a telephone line, plant, or system
§ 46-5-43. Prescription by commission of rules and regulations as to application for certificate of public convenience and necessity; giving notice of receipt of application
§ 46-5-44. Power of commission to issue or deny certificate
§ 46-5-45. Filing complaints with commission regarding persons constructing, operating, or acquiring telephone line, plant, or system without certificate
§ 46-5-46. Granting of certificates to persons engaged in construction or operation of telephone line, plant, or system as of February 17, 1950
Part 3. RURAL TELEPHONE COOPERATIVES
§ 46-5-60. Short title
§ 46-5-61. Declaration of purpose
§ 46-5-62. Definitions
§ 46-5-63. Powers of cooperatives generally
§ 46-5-64. Power of superior court to create cooperatives, to approve amendments to their articles of incorporation, conversion, consolidation, merger, or dissolution
§ 46-5-65. Names of cooperatives
§ 46-5-66. Incorporators
§ 46-5-67. Contents of articles of incorporation; signing and acknowledgment; recitation of purpose and powers; statements regarding issuance of nonvoting shares of stock
§ 46-5-68. Presentation of articles of incorporation to superior court for approval; accompaniment of articles by Secretary of State's certificate and by required affidavits
§ 46-5-69. Approval of articles by judicial order; application as constituting charter of cooperative
§ 46-5-70. Filing of articles with clerk of court
§ 46-5-71. Submittal to clerk of publisher's affidavit
§ 46-5-72. Time of advertisement of articles; appearance of advertisements prior to granting of charter
§ 46-5-73. Duty of clerk to deliver to applicants certified copies of articles and of order thereon
§ 46-5-74. Filing of copies of articles and order with Secretary of State; payment of fee
§ 46-5-75. Certificate of Secretary of State
§ 46-5-76. Certified copies of charter and Secretary of State's certificate as evidence of incorporation of cooperative and of nature and contents of charter
§ 46-5-77. Time of corporate existence of cooperative
§ 46-5-78. Bylaws of cooperative generally
§ 46-5-79. Qualifications for membership in cooperative; certificate of membership; share certificates; payment for shares of stock
§ 46-5-80. Meetings of members -- Generally
§ 46-5-81. Meetings of members -- Waiver of notice
§ 46-5-82. Board of directors
§ 46-5-83. Division of service territory into districts; election of district delegates; boundaries of districts; voting by members at district meetings and by district delegates at any meeting
§ 46-5-84. Officers of cooperative
§ 46-5-85. Amendment of articles of incorporation
§ 46-5-86. Change of location of principal office
§ 46-5-87. Consolidation of cooperatives
§ 46-5-88. Merger of cooperatives
§ 46-5-89. Effect of consolidation or merger
§ 46-5-90. Conversion of telephone corporation into a cooperative; consolidation of telephone corporations into a cooperative
§ 46-5-91. Dissolution of cooperatives
§ 46-5-92. Operation of cooperatives on nonprofit basis; contents of bylaws and of contracts with members and patrons regarding nonprofit operation
§ 46-5-93. Pledging or encumbering of property, assets, rights, and privileges of cooperative by board of directors to secure indebtedness to federal government; tax exemption for mortgages and deeds of trust; sale, pledge, or encumbrance of property
§ 46-5-94. Liability of members and shareholders for debts of cooperative
§ 46-5-95. Effect of recordation of mortgage, deed of trust, or other instrument of real and personal property of cooperative
§ 46-5-96. Construction standards
§ 46-5-97. Limitation of actions
§ 46-5-98. Taking of acknowledgments by officers, trustees, members, or shareholders of cooperatives
§ 46-5-99. Extension of telephone service into state by foreign nonprofit or cooperative corporations; Secretary of State as agent for foreign corporations; rights and powers of foreign corporations
§ 46-5-100. Fees
§ 46-5-101. Annual license fee; exemption of cooperatives from taxation
§ 46-5-102. Interconnection of lines, facilities, or systems of cooperatives and other telephone companies
§ 46-5-103. Jurisdiction of commission
§ 46-5-104. Applicability of Chapter 5 of Title 10
§ 46-5-105. Construction of part
Part 4. EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER 9-1-1
§ 46-5-120. Short title
§ 46-5-121. Legislative intent
§ 46-5-122. Definitions
§ 46-5-123. Creation of 9-1-1 Advisory Committee; selection of members; filling of vacancies; organization; roles and responsibilities
§ 46-5-124. Guidelines for implementing state-wide emergency 9-1-1 system; training and equipment standards
§ 46-5-124.1. Service suppliers or Voice over Internet Protocol service suppliers must register certain information with the director; updating information; notices of delinquency
§ 46-5-125. Formation of multijurisdictional and regional 9-1-1 systems
§ 46-5-126. Cooperation by commission and telephone industry
§ 46-5-127. Approval of 9-1-1 systems by agency
§ 46-5-128. Cooperation by public agencies
§ 46-5-129. Use of 9-1-1 emblem
§ 46-5-130. Federal assistance
§ 46-5-131. Exemptions from liability in operation of 9-1-1 system
§ 46-5-132. Fees by service supplier
§ 46-5-133. Authority of local government to adopt resolution to impose monthly 9-1-1 charge
§ 46-5-134. Billing of subscribers; liability of subscriber for service charge; taxes on service; establishment of Emergency Telephone System Fund; records; use of funds
§ 46-5-134.1. Counties where the governing authorities of more than one local government have adopted a resolution to impose an enhanced 9-1-1 charge.
§ 46-5-134.2. Prepaid wireless 9-1-1 charge; definitions; imposition of fee by localities; collection and remission of charges; distribution of funds
§ 46-5-135. Liability of service supplier in civil action
§ 46-5-136. Authority of local government to create advisory board
§ 46-5-137. Powers of Public Service Commission not affected
§ 46-5-138. Joint authorities
§ 46-5-138.1. Guidelines pertaining to additional charges involving contracts between two or more counties
§ 46-5-138.2. "Director" defined; training and instruction
§ 46-5-139. Joint Study Committee on Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Charges

REFS & ANNOS

TITLE 46 Chapter 5 Article 2 NOTE

RESEARCH REFERENCES
 
ALR. --Telephone calls as nuisance, 53 ALR4th 1153.