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Terms Used In Utah Code 54-8b-4.5- Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
- Corporation: includes an association and a joint stock company having any powers or privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Incumbent telephone corporation: means a telephone corporation, its successors or assigns, which, as of May 1, 1995, held a certificate to provide local exchange services in a defined geographic service territory in the state. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
- 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
- Public telecommunications service: means the two-way transmission of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, messages, data, or other information of any nature by wire, radio, lightwaves, or other electromagnetic means offered to the public generally. See Utah Code 54-8b-2
- Telephone corporation: means any corporation or person, and their lessees, trustee, receivers, or trustees appointed by any court, who owns, controls, operates, manages, or resells a public telecommunications service as defined in Section 54-8b-2. See Utah Code 54-2-1
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The commission may enter an order partially or wholly exempting any public telecommunications service from any requirement of this title relating to rates, tariffs, or fares. |
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The commission may authorize the provision of all or any portion of a public telecommunications service under stated or negotiated terms to any person that is committed to the acquisition of comparable telecommunications services from an alternative source of supply through construction, lease, or any other form of acquisition. |
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