Title 34 — Public Utilities.

Said Mayor is empowered to authorize the erection and maintenance of poles in the alleys of said city and District and the stringing thereon of telephone conductors from alley poles or housetop fixtures in one square to alley poles or housetop fixtures in another square for the p…

All subways, conduits, manholes, and overhead lines constructed or erected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia may from time to time prescribe as to inspection, location, character of c…

The said Mayor is empowered to authorize any such individual, company, or corporation owning and operating on June 20, 1902, any lines of street poles and wires and any alley poles or alley-pole line within the District of Columbia and outside of the section described in § 34-191…

Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this subchapter.

All telegraph poles and the wires attached thereto, not the property of the United States or the District of Columbia, upon the streets, avenues and alleys on March 3, 1905 within the fire limits of the District of Columbia, except as hereinafter provided, shall from time to time…

From time to time, any company or corporation, or its assigns, on March 3, 1905, or thereafter maintaining and operating a telegraph plant or system in said District, shall prepare and submit to the said Mayor a plan or plans or application or applications, in writing, showing th…

Any company or corporation now or hereafter owning and maintaining such poles and wires attached thereto on or over any street or avenue within the said limits described in § 34-1921.01, which shall willfully neglect or refuse to remove the same, as provided in § 34-1921.01, shal…

Said Mayor is empowered to authorize the erection and maintenance of poles in the alleys of said District, and the stringing thereon of wires or conductors for telegraph purposes from alley poles or housetop fixtures in one square to alley poles or housetop fixtures in another sq…

Any officer of the United States government charged with the care, maintenance, and supervision of any public park or reservation may grant permission to any company or corporation maintaining and operating a telegraph plant or system in said District on March 3, 1905, or thereaf…

All subways, conduits, manholes, and overhead lines constructed or erected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia may from time to time prescribe as to inspection, location, character of c…

The said Mayor is empowered to authorize any such company or corporation owning and operating lines of street poles and wires on March 3, 1905, or thereafter and any alley poles or alley-pole line or housetop wires within the said District and outside of the limits described in §…

Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this subchapter, but nothing herein shall abridge or lessen the rights granted telegraph companies under Title 65, § 5263 [repealed] and the following, United States Revised Statutes of the Code of the Laws of the United Stat…

If at any time the District of Columbia or the national government shall acquire, by purchase, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, the property of any telegraph company in the District of Columbia, nothing shall then be paid for the rights accorded under §§ 34-1921.01 to 34-1…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Bell Operating Company” (“BOC”) means Bell Atlantic Company. (2) “Cable” means coaxial cable, copper wire, fiber optic telecommunications cable, or other tangible linear transmission medium that may be used in lieu of any of the fo…

(a) The Public Service Commission may, upon petition by the incumbent local exchange carrier and pursuant to procedures developed by the PSC, reclassify any telecommunications service offered by the incumbent local exchange carrier. (b) Pursuant to the federal Telecommunications …

(a) The Public Service Commission shall establish a Universal Service Trust Fund, and determine those services which shall constitute universal service in the District of Columbia, the costs of providing universal service, and the amount of subsidy needed to maintain the Universa…

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the PSC from proceeding with respect to a formal case in process before the Commission so long as it is not inconsistent with the requirements of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996.

(a) Any telecommunications provider in the District shall have the right to utilize the public right-of-ways of the District for installation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and operation of its telecommunications system on terms and conditions that are competitively neutral; …

The Public Service Commission shall have the authority to promulgate rules to ensure that access to public and privately owned buildings is afforded in a manner which does not unjustly or unreasonably discriminate between or among providers of telecommunications services. The Com…

(a) This chapter shall not apply to cable television services performed pursuant to an existing cable television franchise agreement with the District of Columbia which is in effect on September 9, 1996. To the extent that a cable television company seeks to provide local exchang…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, each local exchange carrier in the District of Columbia shall be subject to the same District of Columbia taxes and fees and shall be entitled to the same tax exemptions, including, but not limited to, personal property taxes. For purp…

(a) In the implementation of this chapter, it shall be the policy of the District government to promote the hiring, education, and training of District residents in every facet of telecommunications endeavor in the District. (b) Pursuant to this chapter, it shall be the policy of…

For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) The term “sanitary sewage” means: (A) Domestic sewage with storm and surface water limited; (B) Sewage discharging from sanitary conveniences; (C) Commercial or industrial wastes; and (D) Water supply after it has been used. (2) The term “…

Subject to appropriations, amounts in the General Fund of the District of Columbia (including any special account therein) as established by the Revenue Funds Availability Act of 1975 [D.C. Law 1-42] shall be available for use by or under the direction and control of the Mayor of…

The Secretary of the Treasury, notwithstanding the provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, approved June 29, 1922 (42 Stat. 668), is authorized and directed to advance, on the requisition of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, made in the manner now prescribe…

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(a) The sanitary sewer service charges established under the authority of this subchapter shall be based on the following: (1) A billing methodology which takes into account both the water consumption of, and water service to, a property and the amount of impervious surface on a …

(a) The owner or occupant of each building, establishment, or other place in the District connected with any District sewer conducting sanitary sewage shall pay the sewer service charge authorized by this subchapter. (b) If the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this subcha…

(a) All meters or other measuring devices installed or required to be used under the provisions of this subchapter shall be under the control of the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Council of the District of Columbia, who shall promulgate all regulations necessary in it…

(a) The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized, in order to encourage the prompt payment of the sanitary sewer service charge imposed by this subchapter, to impose an additional charge of 10% for any sanitary sewer service charge remaining unpaid for more than 3…

The sanitary sewer service charges applicable to such churches and institutions as may under existing law be furnished water without charge by the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall be predicated only on the quantity of water used in excess of the amount fixed by the Mayor i…

(a) The sanitary sewer service charges prescribed herein shall be applicable to all sanitary sewer services furnished by the sanitary sewage works of the District through any connection thereto for direct use by the government of the United States or any department, independent e…

Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the use of funds deposited to the credit of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as established by the Revenue Funds Availability Act of 1975 [D.C. Law 1-42] from being used for the construction, expansion, relocation, replacement, …

The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized to make rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

The Mayor of the District of Columbia (or his designated agents), hereinafter called the Mayor, is hereby authorized to develop a plan for a sanitary interceptor and trunk sewer line to extend from Dulles International Airport to the District of Columbia system, hereinafter calle…

(a) Upon completion of the plan authorized by § 34-2131, the Mayor is authorized to provide for acquisition of rights-of-way, development of the detailed plans and specifications, and construction of the Potomac interceptor. When such interceptor is completed, it shall be operate…

For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, there is authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, the sum of $3,000,000, as the federal contribution toward the cost of planning, acquiring rights-of-way for, and constructing the Potomac in…

(a) The Mayor is authorized to acquire by purchase, condemnation, donation, or otherwise, any land or any interest in land located in Maryland or Virginia needed for construction and operation of the Potomac interceptor. Title to any such land or interest in land shall be taken i…

(a) There is established within the General Fund of the District of Columbia a nonlapsing Lead Service Line Priority Replacement Assistance Fund (“Fund”) to be administered by the Mayor, in consultation with the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (“WASA”). (b) The pur…

(a) The Fund shall be comprised of: (1) General revenue funds appropriated by a line item in the budget submitted pursuant to § 1-204.46 and authorized by Congress in an appropriations act for the purposes of the Fund; (2) Grants from any source to the Fund or to the District of …

(a) To be eligible for an assistance grant from the Fund, a household must: (1) Have an aggregate income of 60% or less than the area median income for a household of like size in the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area as set forth in the periodic calculation provided by th…

WASA shall administer the grants under this chapter. A household requesting a grant for assistance in replacing a lead service line on private property shall apply to WASA for the grant, and WASA shall determine whether the household meets the eligibility criteria of § 34-2153(a)…

The Mayor, in consultation with WASA, is authorized to promulgate rules and to establish procedures to implement this chapter.