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Section 1Telephone and telegraph companies; subscription and payment for stock; filing of statement
Section 2Debt limitation
Section 3Liability of president and treasurer for wilful neglect or omission
Section 4Issue of stock, bonds, coupon notes and other evidences of indebtedness
Section 5Enforcement of orders of department relating to stocks and bonds
Section 6Improper issue; penalty
Section 7Increase of capital stock; shareholders’ rights to new shares
Section 8Shares authorized to be sold at auction; place of sale
Section 9Issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares at par
Section 10Effect of issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares; liability of directors
Section 11Annual return
Section 12Failure to make annual return; penalty
Section 12ACondensed return of business and financial condition
Section 13Telephone companies; connections with exchanges; equal facilities for all companies; definition of “person” or “company”
Section 14Connections with exchanges; equal facilities for applicants for telephone service; cost of extensions
Section 14AEnhanced 911 service
Section 15Equal facilities for those connecting with exchange; enforcement
Section 15AEntitlement to hand sets as station equipment
Section 15BSales and transfers to similar corporations
Section 15CEmergency calls; refusal to yield party line; misrepresentation of emergency
Section 15DEnergized cables in excavations endangering telephone company employees; notice to electric company; precautionary cooperation
Section 15EDefinitions; required equipment and services for disabled subscribers; advisory committee on disabled persons’ accessibility to telephone service
Section 16Receipt and transmission of despatches
Section 17Rates to other telegraph companies or by mail
Section 18Violations; penalties
Section 19Liability for negligent transmission; claim; exceptions
Section 20Indication of time filed and received on addressee’s copy
Section 21Location of construction of electric transmission lines
Section 21AComing into close proximity to high voltage lines
Section 21BProtection of overhead high voltage lines
Section 21CWarnings; operation of equipment near high voltage lines
Section 21DWarning signs; size; posting
Section 21ENotification of operation near high voltage lines
Section 21FExemptions; definitions
Section 21GViolations; penalties; liability
Section 22Consent of municipal officers to construct or alter lines
Section 22ADefinitions
Section 22BProgram for prohibition or removal of overhead wires
Section 22CProhibition and removal of overhead wires; fines and penalties
Section 22DRemoval of overhead wires; sequence; replacement; fines and penalties
Section 22ECooperative agreements to remove overhead wires
Section 22FNotice of hearing or ordinance to remove overhead wires
Section 22GEmergency erection of overhead wires
Section 22HUnderground construction; responsibility of utility
Section 22IUnderground construction; customer service facilities
Section 22JRemoval of municipal equipment from poles
Section 22KExtension of time for removal
Section 22LRate differential; adoption of removal ordinance
Section 22MBilling surcharge; adoption of removal ordinance
Section 22NEffective date of adopting ordinance
Section 23Citizens establishing and maintaining lines
Section 24Construction of lines for private use; privileges of town; protection of lines
Section 25Underground telegraph, telephone or television lines; regulations
Section 25AAttachments; regulation by department of public utilities
Section 26Violation of regulations
Section 27Approval by department of ordinances or regulations of municipality
Section 28Approval by department of location; public hearing; place of hearing; determination; fees
Section 29Persons entitled to damages
Section 30Regulations concerning wires
Section 31Fixtures supporting wires or cables; marking to show ownership
Section 32Municipal inspector of wires; appointment; qualifications; powers and duties; liability for removal of wires
Section 32AInspector of wires working as electrician; inspection by assistant inspector
Section 33Enforcement of Secs. 30 to 32
Section 34Poles and other structures used to support lines; protection of employees and public
Section 35Use of poles and other fixtures for communication without consent of owner
Section 36Marking name of corporation maintaining or operating on poles or other fixtures
Section 37Prescriptive easements
Section 38Intentional injury or destruction of property; penalty
Section 39Temporary removal of wires; refusal of company to act
Section 40Removal of wires without notice; penalty
Section 41Removal of wires without notice; exception
Section 42Liability of telegraph company for injury caused by poles, wires or other apparatus
Section 42ATelecommunication service; fraud; penalty
Section 42BFraudulently avoiding charges for telecommunication service; use of equipment, etc.; penalties
Section 43Owners and associations subject to chapter
Section 44Service observing; interception