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Section 58-9-10. Definitions. - When used in Articles 1 through 13 of this chapter:...
Section 58-9-20. Companies subject to Articles 1 through 13 of this chapter even before commencing operations. - Corporations formed to acquire property or to transact business which...
Section 58-9-30. Municipal rights, powers and privileges under Constitution not impaired. - Nothing contained in Articles 1 through 13 of this chapter...
Section 58-9-40. Municipal police regulations and ordinances not affected. - Nothing contained in Articles 1 through 13 of this chapter...
Section 58-9-50. Articles 1 through 13 of this chapter not applicable to interstate commerce. - No provision of Articles 1 through 13 of this chapter...
Section 58-9-200. Definitions. - As used in Sections 58-9-295 and 58-9-297: (1) "Communications service...
Section 58-9-210. Rates shall be just and reasonable. - Every rate made, demanded or received by any telephone utility...
Section 58-9-230. Adherence to schedules. - (A) No telephone utility may directly or indirectly, by any...
Section 58-9-240. Permitted free or reduced rates. - Nothing herein contained shall prevent any telephone utility from granting...
Section 58-9-250. Unreasonable preferences and differences in rates or service shall not be made; reasonable classifications may be established. - No telephone utility shall, as to rates or services, make...
Section 58-9-260. Facilities and equipment shall be maintained in adequate manner. - Every telephone utility shall provide and maintain facilities and equipment...
Section 58-9-270. Extensions of existing facilities. - When ordered by the commission after notice to other interested...
Section 58-9-280. Certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be obtained prior to construction, operation or extension of plant or system; exceptions. - (A) No telephone utility shall begin the construction or operation...
Section 58-9-285. Regulation of bundled offerings. - (A) As used in this section: (1) "Bundled offering" means:...
Section 58-9-290. Interchange of service. - Telephone utilities may contract with each other for the connection...
Section 58-9-295. Agreements limiting other communications providers from access to rights-of-way prohibited; penalties. - (A) No communications service provider or a parent company, subsidiary,...
Section 58-9-297. Relief from obligation to provide communications services. - (A) No other communications service provider, including without limitation a...
Section 58-9-300. Abandonment of service. - No telephone utility shall abandon all or any portion of...
Section 58-9-310. Sale or other disposition of property, powers, franchises or privileges. - No telephone utility, without the approval of the Commission after...
Section 58-9-320. Transactions with affiliates. - When in the judgment of the commission there is a...
Section 58-9-330. Participation in profits from efficiency. - For the purpose of encouraging economy, efficiency and improvements in...
Section 58-9-340. System of accounts. - The Office of Regulatory Staff may, in its discretion, and...
Section 58-9-350. Depreciation and retirement charges. - Every telephone utility shall have the right, and may be...
Section 58-9-360. Restrictions on capitalization for rate-making purposes. - No telephone utility shall for rate-making purposes, capitalize its franchises,...
Section 58-9-370. Annual and special reports. - (A) Subject to approval of the commission, the Office of...
Section 58-9-380. Office in State. - Each telephone utility shall have an office in one of...
Section 58-9-390. Compliance with rules and regulations. - Each telephone utility shall obey and comply with each and...
Section 58-9-510. Changes in phone rates. - Whenever the commission after a hearing finds that the existing...
Section 58-9-520. Change in telephone rates initiated by utility; notice. - Whenever a telephone utility desires to put into operation a...
Section 58-9-530. Dispensing with thirty days' notice of rate change. - The Commission, for good cause shown, may allow changes in...
Section 58-9-540. Hearing on new schedule of rates; time for Commission action. - (A) Whenever there is filed with the commission by any...
Section 58-9-570. Factors which Commission shall consider in determining rates. - In determining just, reasonable and sufficient rates the Commission shall...
Section 58-9-575. Alternative means of regulating telephone utilities. - (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 58-9-570, in fixing rates...
Section 58-9-576. Election by LEC (local exchange carrier); alternative forms of regulation; duties of LEC. - (A) Any LEC may elect to have rates, terms, and...
Section 58-9-577. Approval of alternative form of regulation; conditions and effect of approval. - Notwithstanding Sections 58-9-575 and 58-9-576, any small LEC may elect...
Section 58-9-585. Alternative means of regulating interexchange telecommunications carrier. - (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the commission,...
Section 58-9-710. Orders for more reasonable, adequate and efficient service. - Whenever the commission, after hearing, finds that the service of...
Section 58-9-720. Miscellaneous regulations. - The commission may ascertain and fix just and reasonable classifications,...
Section 58-9-730. Fixing value of utility. - The commission may after hearing ascertain and fix the value...
Section 58-9-740. Reparation orders. - When petition has been made to the commission concerning any...
Section 58-9-750. Suit to enforce reparation order. - If the telephone utility does not comply with the order...
Section 58-9-760. Joint investigations, hearings and orders with other state or Federal boards or commissions. - The commission may hold joint hearings and issue joint or...
Section 58-9-770. Suits to discontinue or prevent violation of law or order. - Whenever it shall appear that any telephone utility is failing...
Section 58-9-780. Investigations. - The Office of Regulatory Staff may, whenever it may be...
Section 58-9-790. Inspections of property; audits of records; examinations of officers and employees. - The Office of Regulatory Staff may, after due notice to...
Section 58-9-800. Inspection and copying of tax returns, reports and other information. - In the performance of its duties under Articles 1 through...
Section 58-9-810. Promulgation of rules and regulations. - The commission may make such rules and regulations not inconsistent...
Section 58-9-820. Enforcement powers generally. - In addition to the foregoing expressly enumerated powers, the commission...
Section 58-9-830. Enumeration of powers not exclusive. - The enumeration of the powers of the commission as herein...
Section 58-9-1010. Hearing before one or more commissioners; approval of determination, ruling or order. - Any hearing which the commission has power to hold, except...
Section 58-9-1020. Employment and duties of special agent or examiner. - In any hearing the commission may employ a special agent...
Section 58-9-1030. Administration of oaths, examination of witnesses and certification of official acts. - Each of the commissioners, for the purposes mentioned in Articles...
Section 58-9-1040. Issuance of subpoenas and other process. - The commission and each commissioner may issue subpoenas, subpoenas duces...
Section 58-9-1050. Self-incrimination; immunity. - No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing...
Section 58-9-1060. Taking of depositions. - The Office of Regulatory Staff or any party to any...
Section 58-9-1070. Production of books and other records. - The commission or Office of Regulatory Staff may require the...
Section 58-9-1080. Filing of petitions. - The Office of Regulatory Staff or any person or corporation...
Section 58-9-1090. Service of petition. - Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to Section 58-9-1080,...
Section 58-9-1100. Service of pleadings or notices. - Service of all pleadings or notices in all hearings and...
Section 58-9-1110. Dismissal of petition without hearing. - The commission may dismiss any petition filed pursuant to Section...
Section 58-9-1120. Types of hearings. - The commission may, in addition to the hearings specifically provided...
Section 58-9-1130. Conduct of hearings and proceedings. - All commission hearings and proceedings shall be governed by law...
Section 58-9-1140. Time and place of hearing; notice. - The Commission shall fix the time and place of all...
Section 58-9-1150. Parties who may participate in hearings. - At the time fixed for any hearing before the commission...
Section 58-9-1160. Findings and orders; sufficiency; service. - After the conclusion of a hearing, the commission shall make...
Section 58-9-1170. Effective date of order. - The order shall take effect and become operative twenty days...
Section 58-9-1180. Rescission or amendment of orders or decisions. - The Commission may at any time, except in those cases...
Section 58-9-1190. Record of proceedings. - A full and complete record shall be kept of all...
Section 58-9-1200. Rehearings. - After an order or decision has been made by the...
Section 58-9-1210. Contempt of Commission. - In case of failure on the part of any person...
Section 58-9-1220. Fees and mileage allowances of witnesses and officers. - Witnesses who are summoned before the Commission, a special agent...
Section 58-9-1230. Certified copies of documents and orders as evidence. - Copies of official documents and orders filed or deposited according...
Section 58-9-1240. Rules governing pleadings, practice and procedure. - The Commission may prescribe rules governing pleadings, practice and procedure...
Section 58-9-1410. Appeals; vacating or setting aside order of commission. - A party in interest dissatisfied with an order of the...
Section 58-9-1430. Stay or suspension of order pending review. - The pendency of proceedings to review shall not of itself...
Section 58-9-1450. Commission's orders presumed lawful and reasonable. - All orders of the Commission shall be deemed prima facie...
Section 58-9-1610. Penalties for violation of Articles 1 through 13 of this chapter. - Any person or corporation violating any provision of Articles 1...
Section 58-9-1620. Each violation and each day of continuing violation deemed a separate offense. - Every violation of the provisions of Articles 1 through 13...
Section 58-9-1630. Principals responsible for acts of agents. - In enforcing the provisions of Articles 1 through 13 of...
Section 58-9-1640. Penalties shall be cumulative. - All penalties accruing under Articles 1 through 13 of this...
Section 58-9-1650. Actions to recover penalties. - Actions to recover penalties under Articles 1 through 13 of...
Section 58-9-1810. Duty to receive and transmit telegrams. - Every electric telegraph company with a line of wires, wholly...
Section 58-9-1820. Liability for messages in cipher. - In all cases the liability of the companies for messages...
Section 58-9-1830. Common carriers of intelligence shall not require contract limiting its liability. - It shall be unlawful for any common carrier of intelligence...
Section 58-9-1840. Delivery of certain messages. - Such companies shall deliver all dispatches to the persons to...
Section 58-9-1850. Free delivery of messages in certain cities. - Any electric telegraph company operating within this State shall deliver...
Section 58-9-1860. Liability for negligence causing mental anguish or suffering. - All telegraph companies doing business in this State shall be...
Section 58-9-2010. Telephone and telegraph wires shall be erected and maintained so as to protect persons and property. - No telegraph or telephone wire shall be erected or maintained...
Section 58-9-2020. Authorization to construct, maintain and operate lines in State. - Any telegraph or telephone company incorporated under the laws of...
Section 58-9-2030. Condemnation powers generally. - Whenever any telegraph or telephone company desires to construct its...
Section 58-9-2150. Delivery of messages between points in this State. - Any message delivered to a telegraph or telephone company within...
Section 58-9-2160. Action for damages for failure to deliver message between points in this State. - Nothing herein contained shall bar any action for actual or...
Section 58-9-2200. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "Telecommunications service" means the...
Section 58-9-2210. Cable service franchise agreement authority. - Nothing in this article shall limit a municipality's authority to...
Section 58-9-2220. Retail telecommunications services business license taxes; maximum rates. - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary: (1) A...
Section 58-9-2230. Public rights-of-way franchise, consent and administrative fees; authorized taxes; mobile telecommunications services. - (A) A municipality shall manage its public rights-of-way on a...
Section 58-9-2240. Regulatory control by local government. - A municipality may not use its authority over the public...
Section 58-9-2250. Existing consent agreements. - A telecommunications company, its successors or assigns, that is occupying...
Section 58-9-2260. Enforcement of ordinances or practices conflicting with article. - (A) No municipality may enforce an ordinance or practice which...
Section 58-9-2270. Customer bill disclosure of business license tax. - A telecommunications company may include the following statement or substantially...
Section 58-9-2510. Definitions. - As used in this article: (1) "CMRS connection" means each...
Section 58-9-2515. Public Service Commission jurisdiction. - Nothing in this article expands, diminishes, or otherwise affects any...
Section 58-9-2520. Statewide access program. - (A) The commission may establish and the Office of Regulatory...
Section 58-9-2530. Dual party relay charge. - (A) The commission may require each local exchange provider, CMRS...
Section 58-9-2535. Dual party relay charge collections. - (A) A local exchange provider must collect the dual party...
Section 58-9-2540. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Advisory committee, had the following history:...
Section 58-9-2550. Distribution systems. - The Office of Regulatory Staff may establish a distribution system...
Section 58-9-2600. Purpose of article. - This article regulates the provision of communications service by an...
Section 58-9-2610. Definitions. - As used in this article: (A)(1) "Government-owned communications service provider"...
Section 58-9-2620. Duties and restrictions; cost and rate computations; accounting requirements. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a government-owned communications service...
Section 58-9-2630. Tax collections and payments. - (A) A government-owned communications service provider shall pay or collect...
Section 58-9-2650. Liability insurance rates. - The Department of Insurance must determine the South Carolina average...
Section 58-9-2660. Petitions to designate unserved areas; notice; objections. - (A) A government-owned communications service provider may petition the commission...
Section 58-9-2670. Exemptions for government-owned communications service providers receiving funding for Comprehensive Community Infrastructure project. - (A) For any government-owned communications service provider that, on or...
Section 58-9-2689. Report of State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee. - No later than five years from the effective date of...
Section 58-9-3000. Short title; legislative findings. - (A) This article shall be known as the "Broadband Accessibility...
Section 58-9-3010. Definitions. - As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:...
Section 58-9-3020. Actions authorized to be taken by electric cooperatives. - (A) Subject to the limitations set forth in this article,...
Section 58-9-3030. Nondiscriminatory access; written contracts; retail broadband service. - (A) An electric cooperative shall provide communications service providers, including...
Section 58-9-3040. Electric easements; civil actions; damages; liability. - (A) If the owner of an interest in real property...
Section 58-9-3050. Relationship between electric cooperatives and broadband affiliates; disconnection of electric services based on customer's failure to pay for broadband service. - (A) An electric cooperative may not condition the receipt of...