Title 42 — Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs
13 chapters · 434 sections in this title.
AS 42.20.010 Establishment by foreigners prohibited.
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Article 2. Offenses Relating to Utilities. Cable lines owned or operated or controlled by persons not citizens of the United States, or by any foreign corporation or government, may not be established in or permitted to enter the state.
AS 42.20.020 [Renumbered as AS 42.20.085.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 42.20.030 Civil liability for taking utility service and for damages to or interference with a utility line.
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(a) A person is civilly liable to the utility whose property is damaged in a sum equal to three times the amount of the actual damages sustained and three times the value of the service taken if the person intentionally or in the exercise of gross negligence (1) damages a pole, t…
AS 42.20.032 Presumption from use of unmetered utility service.
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It is presumed that a person intended to deprive a utility of compensation for service from the utility if (1) the person possesses or has access to a utility service metering device that is being used to meter utility service and has been interfered with, avoided, or altered to …
AS 42.20.035 Jurisdiction.
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The district court has jurisdiction of civil actions filed under AS 42.20.030.
AS 42.20.038 Definitions.
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In AS 42.20.030 — 42.20.038, (1) “service” means a commodity, product, use, facility, convenience, or other form of service that is offered and provided by a utility; (2) “utility” means an enterprise, whether publicly or privately owned or operated, that provides gas, electric, …
AS 42.20.040 Removal of instrument or meter or disconnecting of wire.
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An agent or employee of a telephone or electric light company may not remove any instrument or meter or disconnect any wire connected to the instrument or meter without notifying the owner, agent, or tenant of the building or room where the instrument or meter is installed. A not…
AS 42.20.050 Secs. 42.20.050 — 42.20.090. Altering message; punishment; sending or delivering false or forged message; punishment; punishment and civil liability for use by employee of information derived from message; delaying or refusing to send or deliver message; punishment; priority of official communications; penalty for refusal, delay, or alteration of transmission; punishment and civil liability for opening or obtaining message addressed to another.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 42.20.100 Taking information from wire. [Repealed, § 3 ch 133 SLA 1966.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 42.20.110 Bribing operator or employee to disclose private message; punishment.
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Article 3. Emergency Calls on Party Lines.
AS 42.20.120 Refusal to yield to emergency calls; penalties.
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A person who wilfully refuses to yield or surrender the use of a party line to another person for the purpose of permitting the other person to report a fire or summon police, medical, or other aid in case of emergency, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of no…
AS 42.20.130 Pretext of emergency.
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A person who asks for or requests the use of a party line on pretext that an emergency exists, knowing that no emergency in fact exists, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or…
AS 42.20.140 Publication in telephone directory.
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Every telephone directory published for distribution to the members of the general public must contain a notice that explains AS 42.20.120 — 42.20.150. The notice must be printed in type that is no smaller than any other type on the same page and must be preceded by the word “war…
AS 42.20.150 Definitions.
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Article 4. Communications, Eavesdropping, and Wiretapping. In AS 42.20.120 — 42.20.150, (1) “emergency” means a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential; (2) “party line” means a subscriber's line telephone circuit, con…
AS 42.20.300 Unauthorized publication or use of communications.
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(a) Except for a party to a private conversation, a person who receives or assists in receiving, or who transmits or assists in transmitting, a private communication may not divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of the communication, e…
AS 42.20.310 Eavesdropping.
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(a) A person may not (1) use an eavesdropping device to hear or record all or any part of an oral conversation without the consent of a party to the conversation; (2) use or divulge any information which the person knows or reasonably should know was obtained through the illegal …
AS 42.20.320 Exemptions.
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(a) The following activities are exempt from the provisions of AS 42.20.300 and 42.20.310: (1) listening to a radio or wireless communications of any sort where the same are publicly made; (2) hearing conversation when heard by employees of a common carrier by wire incidental to …
AS 42.20.325 Duty to report.
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A person who is an employee of a communications common carrier or of an electronic communication service or of a private investigation agency, and has knowledge of the probable occurrence of conduct that violates a provision of AS 42.20.300 or 42.20.310 shall report the conduct, …
AS 42.20.330 Penalty.
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A person who violates any of the provisions of AS 42.20.300 and 42.20.310 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
AS 42.20.340 [Renumbered as AS 42.20.310(b).]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 42.20.390 Definitions.
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In AS 42.20.300 — 42.20.390, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “communications common carrier” means a business or person engaged as a common carrier for hire in the transmission of communications by wire, cable, satellite, electromagnetic waves, or radio, not including …