Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-2A-61.04

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • utilities board: shall mean the Utilities Board of the City of Foley in Baldwin County, a corporation organized and existing under the authority of Sections 11-50-310 through 11-50-318 and Alabama Code 45-2A-61

The utilities board furnishing television cable service pursuant to this part shall have the right to require any person furnishing television cable service to the public within its jurisdiction to interconnect the television cable, lines, facilities, or systems furnishing such service with, or otherwise make available such cables, lines, facilities, or systems to the utilities board’s television cable, lines, facilities, or system in order to provide a continuous line of communication for the utilities board’s subscribers. In the event such person and the utilities board shall be unable to agree upon the terms and conditions of such interconnection, including compensation therefor, the Alabama Public Service Commission, upon the request of the utilities board, shall establish such terms and conditions which shall be reasonable and nondiscriminatory.