§ 49-21-01 Definitions
§ 49-21-01.1 Inapplicability of provisions of chapter
§ 49-21-01.2 Exemption – Rate regulation
§ 49-21-01.3 Certain price changes from surcharges – Essential telecommunications services
§ 49-21-01.4 Purchase of essential telecommunications services
§ 49-21-01.5 Access code number usage
§ 49-21-01.6 Call identification services – Charges prohibited – Notice – Exceptions
§ 49-21-01.7 Powers in general
§ 49-21-01.8 Eligible telecommunications company requirements
§ 49-21-01.9 Voice over internet protocol service and internet protocol-enabled service
§ 49-21-02 Telecommunications companies – Common carriers – Public policy
§ 49-21-02.2 Cross-subsidization prohibited
§ 49-21-02.3 Directors, trustees, officers, and managers – Immunity from civil liability
§ 49-21-02.4 Unauthorized telecommunications service
§ 49-21-04 Price schedules filed with the commission
§ 49-21-05 Schedule of prices to be available for public inspection
§ 49-21-06 Complaint against prices
§ 49-21-07 Discrimination unlawful
§ 49-21-08.1 Dialing parity – IntraLATA equal access
§ 49-21-09 Telecommunications – Connections
§ 49-21-10 Transmitting telecommunications from other telecommunications companies
§ 49-21-10.1 Excessive charges – Refunds
§ 49-21-10.2 Quality of service
§ 49-21-10.3 Complaints
§ 49-21-13.1 Telephone cooperatives – Sale of physical plant – Approval
§ 49-21-23 Construction of facilities – Cost recovery
§ 49-21-24 Prohibited acts – Arbitration
§ 49-21-25 Competitive local exchange companies
§ 49-21-26 Fees
§ 49-21-27 In-kind services
§ 49-21-28 Arbitration
§ 49-21-29 Franchise ordinance not superseded
§ 49-21-30 Cost recovery
§ 49-21-31 Performance assurance fund – Continuing appropriation

Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 49-21 - Telecommunications Companies

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • paper: means any flexible material upon which it is usual to write. See North Dakota Code 1-01-27
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33