Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 701 – Special privileges forbidden
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1. Person furnishing facilities incident to service. No public utility may demand, charge, collect or receive from any person less compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered by the public utility in consideration of the person furnishing a part of the facilities incident to the service.
[PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 701
- Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Customer: includes any person, government or governmental division which has applied for, been accepted and is currently receiving service from a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Person: includes a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Public utility: includes every gas utility, natural gas pipeline utility, transmission and distribution utility, telephone utility, water utility and ferry, as those terms are defined in this section, and each of those utilities is declared to be a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
2. Renting facilities. This section does not prohibit a public utility from renting any facilities incident to the production, transmission, delivery or furnishing of transmission and distribution service, gas, heat or water or the conveyance of telephone messages and paying a reasonable rental for the facilities.
[PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §16 (AMD); PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §§104, 105 (AFF).]
3. Furnishing appliances. Nothing in this section requires a public utility to furnish any part of the appliances which are situated in or upon the premises of any customer or user, except a telephone interface upon the subscribers’ premises, and unless otherwise ordered by the commission, meters and appliances for the measurement of any product or service.
[PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. C, §3 (AMD).]
4. Classifications of telephone service. Nothing in this section affects scheduled classifications of telephone service in which separate charges are made for facilities and for service or scheduled classifications of rural telephone service in which a portion of the facilities are regularly furnished by the user of the service.
[PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A6 (NEW). PL 1987, c. 490, §C3 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 225, §5 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §A16 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 398, §§A104,105 (AFF).