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Tennessee Statutes, Title 65

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Title 65, Public Utilities and Carriers

37 chapters · 601 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 65601 Ch 4, Regulation of Public Utilities by Co…61 Ch 13, Subterranean Transportation Infrastr…54 Ch 6, Railroads — Powers — Construction an…45 Ch 15, Motor Carriers35 Ch 29, Telephone Cooperatives34 Ch 25, Rural Electric and Community Service…33 Ch 3, Regulation of Railroads by Departmen…31 Ch 2, Procedure Before the Tennessee Publi…22 Ch 5, Regulation of Rates22 Ch 21, Telegraphs and Telephones22 Ch 10, Liens on Railroad Property20 Ch 31, Underground Utility Damage Preventio…20 Ch 28, Pipeline Corporations19 Ch 7, Subscription to Railroad Stock by Co…16

12 sections·Filtered byTitle 65✕Ch 30✕

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-101 Short title
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the “State Radio Common Carrier Act.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-102 Declaration of public policy
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Upon investigation, the general assembly has determined that the rates, services and operations of radio common carriers are affected with a public interest, and it is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to provide fair regulation of such carriers in the interest of th…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-103 Chapter definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commission” means the Tennessee public utility commission;(2) “Radio common carrier” and “carrier” includes any person, firm, corporation, company, association or partnership owning, operating or managing a b…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-104 Applicability of chapter
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(a) This chapter relates only to “radio common carriers” as defined in § 65-30-103 and shall not apply to mobile radio telephone service offered by land line telephone or telegraph utilities regulated by the commission. (b) This chapter shall not apply to operations of radio or t…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-105 Certificate of public convenience and necessity

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(a) No person or organization shall hereafter begin the construction, extension or operation of a radio common carrier system or acquire ownership or control thereof, without first obtaining from the commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and neces…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-106 General jurisdiction of commission

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(a) The commission has the power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate every radio common carrier operating within this state and its property, property rights, equipment, facilities, contracts, certificates and franchises so far as may be necessary to carry out the purposes…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-107 Rates

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The commission shall prescribe just and reasonable rates, charges and classifications for the services rendered by a radio common carrier to subscribers. Tariffs shall be in such form and filed and published in such manner and on such notice as the commission may prescribe.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-108 Duties of radio common carriers

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(a) Each radio common carrier shall provide safe and adequate service, equipment and facilities for the operation of its system. (b) No radio common carrier shall demand or receive a greater or less or different compensation for providing service than the rates and charges specif…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-109 Abandonment

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No radio common carrier shall abandon all or any part of its system or other property necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to the public, or discontinue or temporarily suspend all or any part of the service which it is rendering to the public by the use of same, w…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-110 Interconnection with land line telephone utility

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Whenever the commission finds that public convenience and necessity require the interconnection of the radio communications facilities of a certificated radio common carrier with the telephone facilities of a land line telephone utility serving all or part of the certificated ter…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-111 Supervision and regulation

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The supervision, control and regulation of public utilities are provided for under chapter 4 of this title and these provisions, and specifically, chapter 4, part 3 of this title, shall apply to radio common carriers.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 65-30-112 Penalty

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Any person or the officer, agent or employee of any organization who willfully violates any provisions of this chapter or of any rule, regulation or order adopted thereunder, or who willfully procures, aids or abets any violation of such a provision, commits a Class C misdemeanor…