4905.24 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Company not permitted to exercise right of franchise where another is giving adequate service.
4905.24 [Repealed Effective 9/13/2010] Company not permitted to exercise right of franchise where another is giving adequate service.
No telephone company shall exercise any permit, right, license, or franchise that was granted prior to June 30, 1911, but was not actually exercised, or granted after such date, to own or operate a plant for the furnishing of any telephone service, in any municipal corporation or locality where there is in operation a telephone company furnishing adequate service, unless such telephone company first secures from the public utilities commission a certificate, after public hearing of all parties interested, that the exercising of such license, permit, right, or franchise is proper and necessary for the public convenience.
Repealed by 128th General Assembly File No. 43, SB 162, § 2, eff. 9/13/2010.
Effective Date: 10-01-1953