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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166 – Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the Transmission of Electricity | Midpage
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Massachusetts General Laws
Part I
Title XXII
Chapter 166
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166
Telephone and Telegraph Companies, and Lines for the Transmission of Electricity
1
Telephone and telegraph companies; subscription and payment for stock; filing of statement
2
Debt limitation
3
Liability of president and treasurer for wilful neglect or omission
4
Issue of stock, bonds, coupon notes and other evidences of indebtedness
5
Enforcement of orders of department relating to stocks and bonds
6
Improper issue; penalty
7
Increase of capital stock; shareholders' rights to new shares
8
Shares authorized to be sold at auction; place of sale
9
Issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares at par
10
Effect of issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares; liability of directors
11
Annual return
12
Failure to make annual return; penalty
12A
Condensed return of business and financial condition
13
Telephone companies; connections with exchanges; equal facilities for all companies; definition of ''person'' or ''company''
14
Connections with exchanges; equal facilities for applicants for telephone service; cost of extensions
14A
Enhanced 911 service
15
Equal facilities for those connecting with exchange; enforcement
15A
Entitlement to hand sets as station equipment
15B
Sales and transfers to similar corporations
15C
Emergency calls; refusal to yield party line; misrepresentation of emergency
15D
Energized cables in excavations endangering telephone company employees; notice to electric company; precautionary cooperation
15E
Definitions; required equipment and services for subscribers with disabilities; advisory committee on accessibility to telephone service for persons with disabilities
16
Receipt and transmission of despatches
17
Rates to other telegraph companies or by mail
18
Violations; penalties
19
Liability for negligent transmission; claim; exceptions
20
Indication of time filed and received on addressee's copy
21
Location of construction of electric transmission lines
21A
Coming into close proximity to high voltage lines
21B
Protection of overhead high voltage lines
21C
Warnings; operation of equipment near high voltage lines
21D
Warning signs; size; posting
21E
Notification of operation near high voltage lines
21F
Exemptions; definitions
21G
Violations; penalties; liability
22
Consent of municipal officers to construct or alter lines
22A
Definitions
22B
Program for prohibition or removal of overhead wires
22C
Prohibition and removal of overhead wires; fines and penalties
22D
Removal of overhead wires; sequence; replacement; fines and penalties
22E
Cooperative agreements to remove overhead wires
22F
Notice of hearing or ordinance to remove overhead wires
22G
Emergency erection of overhead wires
22H
Underground construction; responsibility of utility
22I
Underground construction; customer service facilities
22J
Removal of municipal equipment from poles
22K
Extension of time for removal
22L
Rate differential; adoption of removal ordinance
22M
Billing surcharge; adoption of removal ordinance
22N
Effective date of adopting ordinance
23
Citizens establishing and maintaining lines
24
Construction of lines for private use; privileges of town; protection of lines
25
Underground telegraph, telephone or television lines; regulations
25A
Attachments; authority to regulate
26
Violation of regulations
27
Approval by department of ordinances or regulations of municipality
28
Approval by department of location; public hearing; place of hearing; determination; fees
29
Persons entitled to damages
30
Regulations concerning wires
31
Fixtures supporting wires or cables; marking to show ownership
32
Municipal inspector of wires; appointment; qualifications; powers and duties; liability for removal of wires
32A
Inspector of wires working as electrician; inspection by assistant inspector
33
Enforcement of Secs. 30 to 32
34
Poles and other structures used to support lines; protection of employees and public
35
Use of poles and other fixtures for communication without consent of owner
36
Marking name of corporation maintaining or operating on poles or other fixtures
37
Prescriptive easements
38
Intentional injury or destruction of property; penalty
39
Temporary removal of wires; refusal of company to act
40
Removal of wires without notice; penalty
41
Removal of wires without notice; exception
42
Liability of telegraph company for injury caused by poles, wires or other apparatus
42A
Telecommunication service; fraud; penalty
42B
Fraudulently avoiding charges for telecommunication service; use of equipment, etc.; penalties
43
Owners and associations subject to chapter
44
Service observing; interception