37-16-6
Section 37-16-6 Costs charged for construction, installation, maintenance, etc., of broadband system. An electric provider may charge a broadband affiliate or an unaffiliated person, including a broadband operator or broadband service provider, for the costs of the construction, installation, replacement, operation, use, and maintenance of the broadband system or of those parts of its electric delivery system that are used or may be reserved for use by the broadband affiliate or unaffiliated broadband operator or broadband service provider for the provision of broadband services. No electric provider shall be required to construct, install, replace, operate, or maintain a broadband system or to provide broadband services. An electric provider, broadband affiliate, or unaffiliated broadband operator or broadband services provider may charge for broadband services or any other uses of the broadband system, whether wholesale or retail, at rates determined by the provider thereof. (Act...
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37-16-7
Section 37-16-7 Civil action by owner of interest in real property subject to easement; damages; condemnation; receipt of rights by grant or agreement; motice of installation; liability. (a) If the owner of an interest in real property subject to an electric easement contends that the owner's property has been taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction, installation, use, or enlargement of broadband systems within the electric easement on the owner's property and the electric easement does not expressly provide for such, the owner may file a civil action in the circuit court for the county in which the property is located to recover damages as specified by this section. All such actions must be brought within three years after the later of: (1) August 1, 2019; or (2) the date broadband systems are first constructed or installed within the electric easement on the owner's real property. Nothing in this chapter shall revive any right or remedy which may have become barred by lapse...
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37-16-4
Section 37-16-4 Powers of electric providers; access to broadband system; rate methodology and terms of access; limitations; annual report. (a) To the extent not otherwise authorized by law, and in addition to all other purposes, powers, and authority currently granted to electric providers under the laws of this state, an electric provider may do all of the following: (1) Own, operate, maintain, construct, install, and replace a broadband system on, over, under, or across the electric provider's electric easements, whether used for or supporting utility support services or used for or supporting nonutility support services, whether on a wholesale or retail basis. (2) Allow a broadband affiliate or an unaffiliated person to own, lease, manage, construct, superintend, install, operate, maintain, and replace a broadband system on, over, under, or across the electric provider's electric easements, on such terms and conditions as specified by the electric provider, whether used for or...
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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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37-16-3
Section 37-16-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES. The communications capabilities defined from time to time as advanced telecommunications capabilities by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) through regulations, statutes, or other written guidance or orders. The term also includes broadband systems and broadband services. (2) BROADBAND AFFILIATE. A person that is at least 10 percent owned by an electric provider, controlled by way of ownership interests therein, directly or indirectly, by the electric provider, or under common control with the electric provider, and which is formed to provide, among other services, utility support services or nonutility support services. (3) BROADBAND OPERATOR. A person that owns or operates a broadband system within an electric easement, including the electric provider if the electric provider is operating the broadband system and including a...
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45-16A-20
Section 45-16A-20 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ALARM MONITORING SERVICE. A service that uses a device located at a residence, place of business, or other fixed premises for both of the following purposes: a. To receive signals from other devices located at or about the premises regarding a possible threat at the premises to life, safety, or property, from burglary, fire, vandalism, bodily injury, or other emergency. b. To transmit a signal regarding any threat by means of transmission facilities of a municipality, municipal instrumentality, local exchange carrier, or one of its affiliates to a remote monitoring center to alert a person at the center of the need to inform the customer or another person or police, fire, rescue, security, or public safety personnel of the threat, but does not include a service that uses a medical monitoring device attached to an individual for the automatic surveillance of an ongoing...
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41-23-213
Section 41-23-213 Grant program; rulemaking authority; Alabama Broadband Accessibility Fund. (a) The Director of ADECA may establish and administer the broadband accessibility grant program for the purpose of promoting the deployment and adoption of broadband Internet access services to unserved areas. By June 26, 2018, the director shall adopt rules and policies to administer the program and begin to accept applications for grants, and shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to meet the future needs of the grant program. (b) The program shall be administered pursuant to policies developed by ADECA in compliance with this article. The policies shall provide for the awarding of grants to non-governmental entities that are cooperatives, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, or other private business entities that provide broadband services. Nothing in this article shall expand the authority under state law of any entity to provide broadband service. (c) There is...
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45-23A-93
Section 45-23A-93 Auxiliary communication services. (a) As used in this section, the word "city" shall mean the City of Ozark in Dale County. (b)(I) In addition to all other powers, rights, and authority heretofore granted by law, the city is authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, lease, construct, operate, maintain, enlarge, extend, and improve as part of the system facilities for the provision to inhabitants of the city and surrounding territory of auxiliary services which may be identified generally as any communication service, not including cable television transmission, which shall include, but not be limited to, burglar alarm systems, data transmissions, facsimile service, home shopping service, and any allied or similar communication services. (2) The city shall provide, without the requirement of any franchise, to any requesting communication company or utility regulated by the Public Service Commission, or any electric cooperative organized under Chapter 6, Title 37,...
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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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37-15-10.1
Section 37-15-10.1 Underground Damage Prevention Authority. (a) The Underground Damage Prevention Authority is created for the purpose of enforcing this chapter and for reviewing penalty provisions and the adequacy of the enforcement process. It is the intent of the Legislature that the authority and its enforcement activities not be funded by appropriations from the state budget. (b) The authority shall utilize the services of the Alabama Public Service Commission to provide administrative support for the authority, subject to the concurrence by the authority board. The Public Service Commission shall charge the expenses associated with the administrative duties of the authority back to the authority, subject to the concurrence of the authority board. The administrative support provided by the Alabama Public Service Commission to the authority is in an administrative capacity only and nothing in this chapter shall expand the jurisdiction of the Alabama Public Service Commission in any...
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