A telephone company furnishing public telephone or telegraph service, including any telephone cooperative operating in the state, shall file with the commission an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity. The commission shall grant a certificate only to the extent of territory served and shall define such area on a map. Operations for which no application has been made are unlawful.
History: 1953 Comp., § 69-10-4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 292, § 4; 1998, ch. 108, § 55.
The 1998 amendment, effective January 1, 1999, rewrote this section.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 86 C.J.S. Telecommunications §§ 21, 22.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 63 - Railroads and Communications
Article 9 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Section 63-9-3 - Certificate required for operation.
Section 63-9-4 - Certificate for operations.
Section 63-9-5 - Application for certificate.
Section 63-9-6 - Issuance of certificate; territory on map.
Section 63-9-7 - Duty to exercise authority; discontinuance.
Section 63-9-8 - Assignability.
Section 63-9-9 - Nonduplication in certificated areas.
Section 63-9-10 - Conflict in noncertificated contiguous areas.
Section 63-9-11 - Complaint alleging violation by telephone company.
Section 63-9-12 to 63-9-14 - Repealed.
Section 63-9-15 - Validity of orders; substantial compliance with act sufficient.