Chapter 166

---

Chapter 166: TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES, AND LINES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY

• Section 1 Telephone and telegraph companies; subscription and payment for stock; filing of statement
• Section 2 Debt limitation
• Section 3 Liability of president and treasurer for wilful neglect or omission
• Section 4 Issue of stock, bonds, coupon notes and other evidences of indebtedness
• Section 5 Enforcement of orders of department relating to stocks and bonds
• Section 6 Improper issue; penalty
• Section 7 Increase of capital stock; shareholders' rights to new shares
• Section 8 Shares authorized to be sold at auction; place of sale
• Section 9 Issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares at par
• Section 10 Effect of issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares; liability of directors
• Section 11 Annual return
• Section 12 Failure to make annual return; penalty
• Section 12A Condensed return of business and financial condition
• Section 13 Telephone companies; connections with exchanges; equal facilities for all companies; definition of ''person'' or ''company''
• Section 14 Connections with exchanges; equal facilities for applicants for telephone service; cost of extensions
• Section 14A Enhanced 911 service
• Section 15 Equal facilities for those connecting with exchange; enforcement
• Section 15A Entitlement to hand sets as station equipment
• Section 15B Sales and transfers to similar corporations
• Section 15C Emergency calls; refusal to yield party line; misrepresentation of emergency
• Section 15D Energized cables in excavations endangering telephone company employees; notice to electric company; precautionary cooperation
• Section 15E Definitions; required equipment and services for disabled subscribers; advisory committee on disabled persons' accessibility to telephone service
• Section 16 Receipt and transmission of despatches
• Section 17 Rates to other telegraph companies or by mail
• Section 18 Violations; penalties
• Section 19 Liability for negligent transmission; claim; exceptions
• Section 20 Indication of time filed and received on addressee's copy
• Section 21 Location of construction of electric transmission lines
• Section 21A Coming into close proximity to high voltage lines
• Section 21B Protection of overhead high voltage lines
• Section 21C Warnings; operation of equipment near high voltage lines
• Section 21D Warning signs; size; posting
• Section 21E Notification of operation near high voltage lines
• Section 21F Exemptions; definitions
• Section 21G Violations; penalties; liability
• Section 22 Consent of municipal officers to construct or alter lines
• Section 22A Definitions
• Section 22B Program for prohibition or removal of overhead wires
• Section 22C Prohibition and removal of overhead wires; fines and penalties
• Section 22D Removal of overhead wires; sequence; replacement; fines and penalties
• Section 22E Cooperative agreements to remove overhead wires
• Section 22F Notice of hearing or ordinance to remove overhead wires
• Section 22G Emergency erection of overhead wires
• Section 22H Underground construction; responsibility of utility
• Section 22I Underground construction; customer service facilities
• Section 22J Removal of municipal equipment from poles
• Section 22K Extension of time for removal
• Section 22L Rate differential; adoption of removal ordinance
• Section 22M Billing surcharge; adoption of removal ordinance
• Section 22N Effective date of adopting ordinance
• Section 23 Citizens establishing and maintaining lines
• Section 24 Construction of lines for private use; privileges of town; protection of lines
• Section 25 Underground telegraph, telephone or television lines; regulations
• Section 25A Attachments; regulation by department of public utilities
• Section 26 Violation of regulations
• Section 27 Approval by department of ordinances or regulations of municipality
• Section 28 Approval by department of location; public hearing; place of hearing; determination; fees
• Section 29 Persons entitled to damages
• Section 30 Regulations concerning wires
• Section 31 Fixtures supporting wires or cables; marking to show ownership
• Section 32 Municipal inspector of wires; appointment; qualifications; powers and duties; liability for removal of wires
• Section 32A Inspector of wires working as electrician; inspection by assistant inspector
• Section 33 Enforcement of Secs. 30 to 32
• Section 34 Poles and other structures used to support lines; protection of employees and public
• Section 35 Use of poles and other fixtures for communication without consent of owner
• Section 36 Marking name of corporation maintaining or operating on poles or other fixtures
• Section 37 Prescriptive easements
• Section 38 Intentional injury or destruction of property; penalty
• Section 39 Temporary removal of wires; refusal of company to act
• Section 40 Removal of wires without notice; penalty
• Section 41 Removal of wires without notice; exception
• Section 42 Liability of telegraph company for injury caused by poles, wires or other apparatus
• Section 42A Telecommunication service; fraud; penalty
• Section 42B Fraudulently avoiding charges for telecommunication service; use of equipment, etc.; penalties
• Section 43 Owners and associations subject to chapter
• Section 44 Service observing; interception