Oregon Statutes 759.500 – Definitions for ORS 759.500 to 759.570
As used in ORS § 759.500 to 759.570, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 759.500
- 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.
- Local exchange telecommunications service: means telecommunications service provided within the boundaries of exchange maps filed with and approved by the commission. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Shared telecommunications service: means the provision of telecommunications and information management services and equipment to a user group located in discrete premises in building complexes, campuses or high-rise buildings, by a commercial shared services provider or by a users' association, through privately owned customer premises equipment and associated data processing and information management services and includes the provision of connections to local exchange telecommunications service. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
- Telecommunications: means the transmission of information chosen by a person, between or among points specified by the person, without change in the form or content of the information sent or received. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
- Telecommunications service: means telecommunications that are offered for a fee to the public, or to such class of users as to be effectively available to the public, without regard to the facilities used to provide the telecommunications. See Oregon Statutes 759.005
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(1) ‘Allocated territory’ means a geographic area for which the Public Utility Commission has allocated to no more than one person the authority to provide local exchange telecommunications service, the boundaries of which are set forth on an exchange map filed with and approved by the commission.
(2) ‘Person’ includes:
(a) An individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative or municipality; or
(b) The agent, lessee, trustee or referee of an individual or entity listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(3) ‘Local exchange telecommunications service‘ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 759.005, except that ‘local exchange telecommunications service’ does not include service provided through or by the use of any equipment, plant or facilities:
(a) For the provision of telecommunications services that pass through or over but are not used to provide service in or do not terminate in an area allocated to another person providing a similar telecommunications service;
(b) For the provision of local exchange telecommunications service, as defined in ORS § 759.005, commonly known as ‘private lines’ or ‘farmer lines’; or
(c) For the provision of shared telecommunications service. [1987 c.447 § 53; 2005 c.232 § 24; 2007 c.825 § 2]
[1987 c.447 § 54; repealed by 2005 c.232 § 32]