Connecticut § 16-250b - Cellular mobile telephone service. Authority jurisdiction. Regulations.
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§ 16-250b. Cellular mobile telephone service. Authority jurisdiction. Regulations.
Sec. 16-250b. Cellular mobile telephone service. Authority jurisdiction. Regulations. (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall have jurisdiction over the provision of cellular mobile telephone service by cellular mobile telephone carriers licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to operate within the state.
(b) Not later than six months after July 3, 1985, the authority shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing (1) conditions under which the authority may forbear from regulating such carriers, and (2) standards and procedures for the regulation, on an equal basis with regard to all carriers, of the rates and charges, services, accounting practices, safety and conduct of operations of such carriers if the authority does not forbear from regulating such carriers. Such conditions, standards and procedures shall provide for the public convenience, necessity and welfare.
(P.A. 85-552, S. 7, 8; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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