Louisiana § RS 39:143 - Definitions
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§ RS 39:143. Definitions
The following words and phrases shall be defined as follows:
(1) "Agency" for the purposes of this Part and Part V of Chapter 17 of this Title has the same meaning as ascribed to it in R.S. 36:3(1).
(2) "Telecommunications transmission facility" means any transmission medium, switch, instrument, wiring system, or other facility which is used, in whole or in part, to provide any transmission.
(3) "Utility" means any telecommunications service provided by the office of telecommunications management and used in the essential operations of a state agency, such as local dial tone, wide area network, and local area network.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 153, §1, eff. July 12, 1982; Acts 1990, No. 876, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1098, §1, eff. July 14, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 772, §3, eff. July 1, 2001.
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