§ 2301 Construction, maintenance and operation of lines
§ 2301-A University of Maine System may install lines on existing facilities
§ 2302 Pipelines for common carrier transportation
§ 2303 Water utilities may lay pipelines
§ 2304 Gas utilities may lay pipelines
§ 2305-A Transmission and distribution utilities and telephone providers to conform to standards
§ 2305-B Construction of transmission and distribution lines
§ 2306 No taking property without consent
§ 2307 Public utilities and telephone providers may lay wires, pipes and cables under streets subject to municipal permit
§ 2308 Protection of utility facilities upon discontinuance of public ways
§ 2309 Existing locations valid
§ 2310 Trespass on a utility pole
§ 2311 Lines along railroads; application to Public Utilities Commission when disagreement
§ 2312 Facilities in municipally designated historic districts

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 35-A > Part 2 > Chapter 23 - Utility Facilities in the Public Way

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dark fiber provider: means a person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating or managing federally supported dark fiber that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Gas utility: includes every person, that person's lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court owning, controlling, operating or managing any gas plant for compensation within this State, except when gas is made or produced on and distributed by the maker or producer through private property alone solely for its own tenants and not for sale to others, or when the gas is sold solely for use in vehicles fueled by natural gas or to a liquid gas system that serves fewer than 10 customers as long as no portion of the liquid gas system is located in a public place or that serves a single customer if the liquid gas system is located entirely on the customer's premises. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • 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.
  • lands: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Local exchange carrier: means any person that is engaged in the provision of telephone exchange service or exchange access. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Municipality: includes cities, towns and plantations, except that "municipality" does not include plantations in Title 10, chapter 110, subchapter IV; or Title 30?A, Part 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • 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
  • Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Transmission and distribution utility: means a person, its lessees, trustees or receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the State, except where the electricity is distributed by the entity that generates the electricity through private property alone solely for the use of:
    • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Voice service provider: means any person providing, directly or indirectly, 2-way voice communications service for compensation in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Water utility: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, owning, controlling, operating or managing any water works for compensation within this State, including any aqueduct organized under former Title 35, chapter 261 and any of its predecessors. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72