56-508.15 - Registration required for intrastate pay telephone service; pay telephone instruments disconnected upon suspension or revocation of registration.
§ 56-508.15. Registration required for intrastate pay telephone service; paytelephone instruments disconnected upon suspension or revocation ofregistration.
A. No person shall sell or resell intrastate telephone service through paytelephone instruments without either being registered pursuant to thischapter with the State Corporation Commission or holding a certificate ofpublic convenience and necessity pursuant to Chapter 10.1 (§ 56-265.1 etseq.) of this title. Upon suspension or revocation of any registration,certificated carriers shall disconnect pay telephone instruments of theregistrant as directed by order of the Commission.
B. All persons engaged in the sale or resale of intrastate telephone servicethrough pay telephone instruments as of July 1, 1993, shall, within thefollowing 180 days, either acquire Commission registration or demonstrate tothe Commission possession of a certificate of public convenience andnecessity pursuant to Chapter 10.1 of this title.
C. As used in this chapter, "intrastate telephone service" means telephonecalls that originate and terminate within the Commonwealth.
(1993, c. 140.)