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Title 16, Title 16: Public Service Companies

19 chapters · 533 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 16533 Ch 283, Chapter 283: Telephone, Gas, Power a…211 Ch 277, Chapter 277: Department of Energy an…149 Ch 289, Chapter 289: Broadband Internet Acce…62 Ch 277a, Chapter 277a: Public Utility Environ…32 Ch 284, Chapter 284: Natural Gas Pipelines26 Ch 293, Chapter 293: Excavation, Demolition …14 Ch 282, Chapter 282: Railroad and Railway Bo…12 Ch 281, Chapter 281: Street Railway Operations6 Ch 278, Chapter 278: Railroads and Railways3 Ch 280, Chapter 280: Railroad Operations3 Ch 292, Chapter 292: Connecticut-New York Ra…3 Ch 277b, Chapter 277b: Wireless Facilities2 Ch 285, Chapter 285: Motor Carriers of Prope…2 Ch 290, Chapter 290: Connecticut Transportat…2

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-330 Definition.
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Sec. 16-330. Definition. Section 16-330 is repealed. (1963, P.A. 425, S. 1; P.A. 85-292, S. 3; 85-509, S. 10, 11.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-330a Definitions.
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Sec. 16-330a. Definitions. As used in this section, section 16-49 and 16-330b to 16-330g, inclusive: (1) “Broadband Internet access service” means a mass-market retail service by wire that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-330b Broadband Internet access service map.
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Sec. 16-330b. Broadband Internet access service map. (a) The Office of Policy and Management shall, in accordance with sections 4d-90 and 4-67p and in consultation with other state agencies deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, develop and ma…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-330c Broadband Internet access service grant program. Report. Report to Governor.
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Sec. 16-330c. Broadband Internet access service grant program. Report. Report to Governor. (a) On or before January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish and administer a grant program, subject to the availability of federal funding, to …

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-330d Federal funding opportunities for broadband Internet access service deployment. Notification.

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Sec. 16-330d. Federal funding opportunities for broadband Internet access service deployment. Notification. (a) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall maintain, on the department's Internet web site, a public listing of federal funding opportunities to facili…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-330e Access by broadband Internet service providers to occupied buildings.

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Sec. 16-330e. Access by broadband Internet service providers to occupied buildings. Each broadband Internet access service provider shall have the same right of access to an occupied building, as defined in section 16-247l, as afforded to certified telecommunications service prov…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-330f State Building Code revisions. Minimum broadband Internet access service infrastructure requirements for new construction or major alterations of a commercial or multifamily building.

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Sec. 16-330f. State Building Code revisions. Minimum broadband Internet access service infrastructure requirements for new construction or major alterations of a commercial or multifamily building. The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall, in accor…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-330g Conduit excavations in the public highways, streets or other public right-of-way. Payment of fees. Authorization to lease space or enter into contractual agreements. Penalties.

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Sec. 16-330g. Conduit excavations in the public highways, streets or other public right-of-way. Payment of fees. Authorization to lease space or enter into contractual agreements. Penalties. (a) On or before January 1, 2022, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall initiat…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331 Certificate of public convenience and necessity. Advisory councils. Franchise terms. Regulations. Community needs assessment.

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Sec. 16-331. Certificate of public convenience and necessity. Advisory councils. Franchise terms. Regulations. Community needs assessment. (a) No person, association or corporation, or a municipality which owns or operates one or more plants for the manufacture or distribution of…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331a Community access programming and operations.

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Sec. 16-331a. Community access programming and operations. (a) As used in this section, “multichannel video programming distributor” means a multichannel video programming distributor, as defined in 47 CFR 76.1300, as from time to time amended, and includes an owner of an open vi…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331aa Imposition of civil penalties by authority.

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Sec. 16-331aa. Imposition of civil penalties by authority. A holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority, and the officers, agents and employees of such cable franchise authority, shall obey, observe and comply with sections 16-331q to 16-331aa, inclusive, and each appli…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331b Members of community antenna advisory councils to serve without compensation.

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Sec. 16-331b. Members of community antenna advisory councils to serve without compensation. Members of community antenna advisory councils established pursuant to section 16-331 shall serve without compensation. For the purposes of this section compensation shall include the rece…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331bb Municipal video competition trust account.

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Sec. 16-331bb. Municipal video competition trust account. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “municipal video competition trust account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by th…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331c Community antenna television companies' contribution to community antenna advisory councils.

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Sec. 16-331c. Community antenna television companies' contribution to community antenna advisory councils. Each community antenna television company, as defined in section 16-1, shall annually contribute to the advisory council in its franchise area an amount not less than two th…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331cc Public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account. Tax. Penalty and interest. One-time transfer.

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Sec. 16-331cc. Public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account. Tax. Penalty and interest. One-time transfer. (a) There is established an account to be known as the “public, educational and governmental programming and education techno…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331d Community antenna television advisory council vacancies and conflict of interest of members.

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Sec. 16-331d. Community antenna television advisory council vacancies and conflict of interest of members. (a) The chief elected official from the town in which a vacant seat exists on a community antenna television advisory council shall appoint a member to fill such vacancy if …

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331dd Municipal electric utilities' eligibility to be a certified competitive video service provider.

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Sec. 16-331dd. Municipal electric utilities' eligibility to be a certified competitive video service provider. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any regulation or any decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, any municipal electric utility, i…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331e Certificate of video franchise authority.

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Sec. 16-331e. Certificate of video franchise authority. (a) An entity or person, other than a community antenna television company certified to provide community antenna television service pursuant to section 16-331 on or before October 1, 2007, or an affiliate, successor or assi…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331ee State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council. Membership.

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Sec. 16-331ee. State-wide Community Antenna Television Advisory Council. Membership. Section 16-331ee is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 07-253, S. 35; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331f Certified competitive video service provider build-out requirements, rate regulation and service to multiunit residential buildings.

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Sec. 16-331f. Certified competitive video service provider build-out requirements, rate regulation and service to multiunit residential buildings. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not require a certified competitive video service provider to comply with any fac…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331ff Certain third-party nonprofit community access provider requirements re education and government access channels and town-specific community access programming.

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Sec. 16-331ff. Certain third-party nonprofit community access provider requirements re education and government access channels and town-specific community access programming. (a) Any third-party nonprofit community access provider serving six municipalities, one of which has a p…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331g Discrimination based on income prohibited.

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Sec. 16-331g. Discrimination based on income prohibited. A certified competitive video service provider shall not deny access to service to any group of potential residential subscribers based solely upon the income of the residents in the local area in which such group resides. …

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331gg Funds for development of town-specific education and government community access programming. Distribution of funds. Report re disbursement of funds.

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Sec. 16-331gg. Funds for development of town-specific education and government community access programming. Distribution of funds. Report re disbursement of funds. (a) A community antenna television company, a certified competitive video service provider that was providing servi…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331h Certified competitive video service community access programming.

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Sec. 16-331h. Certified competitive video service community access programming. (a) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the certified competitive video service provider begins offering service in a designated area pursuant to its certificate of video franchise authority,…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331hh Transfer from municipal video competition trust account to General Fund.

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Sec. 16-331hh. Transfer from municipal video competition trust account to General Fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 16-331bb, the sum of five million dollars shall be transferred from the municipal video competition trust account and credited to th…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331i State-wide Video Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Funding.

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Sec. 16-331i. State-wide Video Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Funding. (a) There shall be a State-wide Video Advisory Council, whose membership is made up of one representative from each of the existing advisory councils established pursuant to section 16-331. A certified …

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331ii Transfer from public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account to General Fund.

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Sec. 16-331ii. Transfer from public, educational and governmental programming and education technology investment account to General Fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16-331cc, the sum of three million five hundred thousand dollars shall be transferred from the publ…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331j Video service provider offerings, charges, privacy policy, billing and billing disputes.

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Sec. 16-331j. Video service provider offerings, charges, privacy policy, billing and billing disputes. (a) At the time of initial subscription, and annually thereafter, or upon request, each certified competitive video service provider shall provide subscribers with a description…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331k Video programming and rate changes.

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Sec. 16-331k. Video programming and rate changes. (a) Except when otherwise required by federal law, a certified competitive video service provider shall inform the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of any planned programming or rate changes not less than thirty days before i…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331l Interrupted video service.

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Sec. 16-331l. Interrupted video service. If video service provided by a certified competitive video service provider to a subscriber is interrupted for more than twenty-four continuous hours, such subscriber shall receive a credit or refund from the certified competitive video se…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331m Video service providers' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems.

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Sec. 16-331m. Video service providers' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems. (a) A certified competitive video service provider shall make closed captioning available when simultaneously broadcast with video signals carried by the provider. (b) A certified competitiv…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331n Free video service for libraries and schools.

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Sec. 16-331n. Free video service for libraries and schools. A certified competitive video service provider shall provide any library serving the public and any school system, college or university, located in a part of the certified competitive video service provider's franchise …

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331o Imposition of civil penalties by authority.

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Sec. 16-331o. Imposition of civil penalties by authority. A certified competitive video service provider, and its officers, agents and employees, shall comply with sections 16-331e to 16-331o, inclusive, and each applicable order made by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority …

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331p Certificate of cable franchise authority in franchise areas in which certified competitive video service providers are offering video service.

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Sec. 16-331p. Certificate of cable franchise authority in franchise areas in which certified competitive video service providers are offering video service. (a) Thirty days after a certified competitive video service provider offers video service in a community antenna television…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331q Requirements for holders of certificates of cable franchise authority.

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Sec. 16-331q. Requirements for holders of certificates of cable franchise authority. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall not require a company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority to comply with any facility build-out requirements or provide community…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331r Discrimination based on income prohibited.

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Sec. 16-331r. Discrimination based on income prohibited. A company holding a cable franchise authority certificate shall not deny access to service to any group of potential residential subscribers based solely upon the income of the residents in the local area in which such grou…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331s Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Community access programming and operations.

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Sec. 16-331s. Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Community access programming and operations. A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall be subject to the community access programming and operations provisions set forth in subsections (b)…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331t Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Advisory council.

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Sec. 16-331t. Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority: Advisory council. (a) A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall, twice a year, convene a meeting with the advisory council established pursuant to its previous certificate of public conven…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331u Cable franchise authority companies' offerings, charges, privacy policy, billing and billing disputes.

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Sec. 16-331u. Cable franchise authority companies' offerings, charges, privacy policy, billing and billing disputes. (a) At the time of initial subscription, and annually thereafter, a company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall provide subscribers with a desc…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331v Cable franchise authority companies' programming and rate changes.

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Sec. 16-331v. Cable franchise authority companies' programming and rate changes. (a) Except when otherwise required by federal law, a company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall inform the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of any planned programming or rat…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331w Interrupted cable franchise authority service.

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Sec. 16-331w. Interrupted cable franchise authority service. If community antenna television service or video service provided to a subscriber by a company holding a certificate of cable franchise authority experiences a service outage for more than twenty-four continuous hours, …

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331x Cable franchise authority companies' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems.

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Sec. 16-331x. Cable franchise authority companies' closed captioning and emergency broadcast systems. (a) A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall make closed captioning available when simultaneously broadcast with video signals carried by the company. (b…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331y Free service for libraries and schools provided by holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority.

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Sec. 16-331y. Free service for libraries and schools provided by holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority. A company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority shall provide any library serving the public and any school system, college or university, located in…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-331z Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority subject to federal and state laws and regulations. Exceptions.

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Sec. 16-331z. Holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority subject to federal and state laws and regulations. Exceptions. (a) Nothing in sections 16-331q to 16-331aa, inclusive, shall be construed to relieve a company issued a certificate of cable franchise authority from…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-332 Leases by public service companies of facilities for community antenna purposes.

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Sec. 16-332. Leases by public service companies of facilities for community antenna purposes. Any public service company may lease facilities to persons or corporations operating community antenna television systems for the purpose of making television and audio signals available…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-333 Regulations: Safety of operations, facility construction, system installation, community access channel, personal privacy protections, carriage of television broadcast signals, subscriber inquiries and complaints.

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Sec. 16-333. Regulations: Safety of operations, facility construction, system installation, community access channel, personal privacy protections, carriage of television broadcast signals, subscriber inquiries and complaints. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may iss…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-333a Multiunit residential buildings service and wiring. Right to use antenna. Regulations for owner compensation. Civil penalty.

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Sec. 16-333a. Multiunit residential buildings service and wiring. Right to use antenna. Regulations for owner compensation. Civil penalty. (a) No owner of any multiunit residential building shall demand or accept payment, in any form, except as provided in subsection (e) of this …

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-333b Service to franchise area. Underground service lines.

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Sec. 16-333b. Service to franchise area. Underground service lines. (a) No community antenna television company shall refuse to construct that plant necessary to serve any portion of its franchise area on the sole basis that such portion can only be served by underground faciliti…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-333c Availability of equipment for subscribers who are deaf or hard of hearing.

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Sec. 16-333c. Availability of equipment for subscribers who are deaf or hard of hearing. Each community antenna television company shall make available at cost, by a rental, sales or installment sales agreement, to each subscriber who is deaf or hard of hearing, equipment which r…

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-333d Discrimination among subscribers prohibited.

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Sec. 16-333d. Discrimination among subscribers prohibited. The authority may prohibit any community antenna television company from unreasonably discriminating among subscribers of community antenna television service. (P.A. 79-54; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 40, 345, 348; P.A. 84-113, S.…