11-51-129
Section 11-51-129 Street railroads, electric, gas, and waterworks companies, etc. The maximum amount of privilege or license tax which the several municipalities within the state may annually assess and collect of persons operating electric or hydroelectric street railroads, electric light and power companies, gas companies, waterworks companies, pipe line companies for transporting or carrying gas, oil, gasoline, water or other commodities, gas distributing companies, whether by means of pipe lines or by tanks, drums, tubes, cylinders, or otherwise, heating companies or other public utilities, incorporated under the laws of this state or any other state or whether incorporated at all or not, except telephone and telegraph companies, railroad and sleeping car companies and express companies which are otherwise licensed shall not exceed three percent of the gross receipts of the business done by the utility in the municipality during the preceding year; and, for the first year's...
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34-36-13
Section 34-36-13 License required; exemptions. (a) No person shall engage in the electrical contracting business or perform work as a master or journeyman electrician unless such person shall have received a license from the board or from the county or municipality where the electrical contracting work is being performed; provided, however, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply: (1) To the installation, construction, or maintenance of power systems for the generation and secondary distribution of electric current constructed under the provisions of the National Electrical Safety Code which regulates the safety requirements of utilities. (2) To the installation, construction, maintenance, or repair of telephone or signal systems by or for public utilities or their corporate affiliates, when such work pertains to the services furnished by such utilities. (3) To any technician employed by a municipal franchised CATV system. (4) To any master or journeyman electrician employed by...
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37-16-8
Section 37-16-8 Construction of chapter. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall interfere with the commission's authority to regulate public utilities under this title. Nothing in this chapter shall provide a basis for creating or granting jurisdiction to the commission over any electric providers or any broadband affiliate that are otherwise exempt or are otherwise not subject to the jurisdiction of the commission. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall affect, abrogate, or eliminate in any way any obligation of an electric provider or any broadband affiliate or broadband operator to comply with any applicable safety and permitting requirements of any railroad company or any state governmental body or agency with respect to property that is held or controlled by such railroad company or state governmental body or agency, as the case may be, and in, on, over, or across which an easement is located. (c) Any broadband system that encumbers the right-of-way of the Department of Transportation shall...
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11-47-3
Section 11-47-3 Contracts and indebtedness for municipal buildings and public utility systems; consolidation of systems; ancillary service contracts. (a) The governing body of any city or town may contract for the construction, reconstruction, extension, or repair of any municipal building, plant, waterworks system, or electric light and power plant or system or may on credit employ labor and purchase on credit all materials and supplies needed in such construction, reconstruction, extension, or repair and may, without an election, issue evidences of indebtedness in the forms and of the maturities described in Section 11-47-2 to the extent of any indebtedness incurred in such contract or purchase or construction, reconstruction or extension and may secure such evidences of indebtedness by mortgage or deed of trust (in such form and with such provisions as such governing body may determine) on such municipal building, plant, waterworks system, or electric light and power plant or...
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37-2A-2
Section 37-2A-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) BASIC TELEPHONE SERVICE. Refers to a service that, as provided by an incumbent local exchange carrier, may be through any technology and through any affiliate or service arrangement and includes the functionalities described in 47 C.F.R. 54.101(a). (2) BROADBAND SERVICE or BROADBAND ENABLED SERVICE. Any service that consists of or includes a high-speed access capability to transmit at a rate that is not less than 200 kilobits per second either in the upstream or downstream direction, and either of the following: a. Provides computer processing, information storage, information content or protocol conversion, including any service applications or information service provided over such high-speed access service. b. Is used to provide access to the Internet. (3) BUNDLED OFFERING. A combination of retail services offered as a package, whether at a single price or with the...
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40-21-53
Section 40-21-53 Electric, hydroelectric, gas, or any other public utility - License tax - Credit on electric bills for certain persons. (a) Each person, firm, or corporation, including any corporations operating an electric or hydroelectric public utility; or a gas public utility; or any privately owned and operated wastewater system as defined in Section 22-25B-1 which is required by Chapter 25B of Title 22, to be operated and maintained by a wastewater management entity certified by the Public Service Commission; or any other public or municipal utility now paying the two and two-tenths percent shall be subject to the provisions of this section and shall pay to the state a license tax equal to two and two-tenths percent on each $1 of gross receipts of such public utility for the preceding year; except, that gross receipts from the sale of electricity for resale by such electric or hydroelectric public utilities and gross receipts from the sale of electricity to the persons...
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22-27-6
Section 22-27-6 Authority to adopt resolution or ordinance; rules and regulations; noncompliance as public nuisance; citation; court proceedings. (a) The county commission may by resolution or ordinance provide for the orderly collection of fees charged under the provisions of this article. Such commission may establish periodic payment systems and is authorized to purchase necessary supplies and materials and employ personnel necessary to effectuate any such periodic payment system. Such periodic payment system may be effected by the county through negotiation with any one or more public or private utilities providing service in the county for the periodic billing of such fees and the collection thereof on behalf of the county by one or more such utilities. Any delinquency in any such payment shall constitute a violation of this article and entitle the county to pursue any remedy provided in this article. The county may agree to pay reasonable compensation to any such utility for its...
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45-43-170.04
Section 45-43-170.04 Solid waste disposal - Fees; public nuisances. (a) The Lowndes County Commission shall by resolution provide for the orderly collection of fees charged under this article. The county commission may establish a periodic payment system and is authorized to purchase necessary supplies and materials and employ personnel necessary to effectuate any such periodic payment system. Such periodic payment system may be effected by the county by negotiating with any one or more public or private utilities providing service in the county for the periodic billing of such fees and the collection thereof on behalf of the county by one or more such utilities. Any delinquencies in any such payments shall entitle the county to pursue any remedy provided in this article including the enforcement of any lien obtained hereunder. The county may agree to pay reasonable compensation to any such utility for its services in connection with the collection and payment to the county of all such...
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11-81-140
Section 11-81-140 Definitions. When used in this division, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) UNDERTAKING. Such term shall include all of the following revenue-producing undertakings or any combination of two or more of such undertakings, whether now existing or hereafter acquired or constructed: a. Causeways, tunnels, viaducts, bridges and other crossings, highways, parks, parkways, airports, docks, piers, wharves, seaport or river terminals, hospitals, public markets, tennis courts, swimming pools, golf courses, stadiums, armories, auditoriums and other public buildings of all kinds, incinerator plants and systems in connection with the generation, production, transmission and distribution of electric energy for lighting, heating and power for public and private uses, together with all parts of any such undertaking and all appurtenances thereto, including lands, easements, rights-of-way,...
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37-1-35
Section 37-1-35 Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations - Exercise of certain municipal powers. Nothing in this title is intended or shall be construed: (1) To limit or restrict the police jurisdiction or power of municipalities over their streets and other highways and public places or the power to maintain or the power to require maintenance of the same; (2) To limit or restrict any right or power, by contract or otherwise, of any municipality to require utilities to pave and maintain the portions of highways used and occupied by them; (3) In respect of matters other than rates and service regulations and equipment, over which exclusive jurisdiction is conferred by this title upon the commission to affect existing rights and powers or rights and powers hereafter acquired by municipalities under valid contracts with utilities; (4) In respect of matters other than rates and service regulations and equipment, to repeal any power of any municipality to adopt and enforce reasonable...
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