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AL Code § 37-4-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 3A - Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Facilities.|Section 37-4-94 - Jurisdiction to Restrain Violations of Article.

Section 37-4-94Jurisdiction to restrain violations of article. Upon petition of the commission, the circuit court in any county in which a violation of this article exists shall have jurisdiction to restrain such violations and to enforce compliance with the safety standards herein required. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-915, p. 508, §5.)
AL Code § 37-4-95 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 3A - Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Facilities.|Section 37-4-95 - Authorization to Employ Inspectors and Other Qualified Employees.

Section 37-4-95Authorization to employ inspectors and other qualified employees. The Alabama Public Service Commission shall be authorized to employ, subject to the provisions of the Merit System Act, such inspectors or other qualified employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-915, p. 508, §6.)
AL Code § 37-4-96 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 3A - Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Facilities.|Section 37-4-96 - Penalties.

Section 37-4-96Penalties. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this article or any regulation issued hereunder shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for each violation for each day that the violation persists. However, the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) for any related series of violations. (b) In determining the amount of the penalty, the appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance, after notification of a violation, shall be considered. The amount of the penalty, when finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be deducted from any sums owing by the State of Alabama to the person charged, or may be recovered in a civil action brought by the commission in the circuit court of any county in which a violation exists. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-915, p. 508, §7; Acts 1990, No. 90-568, p. 965, §1; Act 2015-452, §1.)
AL Code § 37-4-97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 3A - Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Facilities.|Section 37-4-97 - Limitation on Commission's Powers.

Section 37-4-97Limitation on commission's powers. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to confer upon the commission any additional power or jurisdiction to supervise or regulate the rates, services, franchises, or other matters pertaining to pipeline facilities or transportation of hazardous liquids except with respect to the enforcement of federal safety standards prescribed by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-915, p. 508, §8.)
AL Code § 37-4-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-100 - Short Title.

Section 37-4-100Short title. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the "Alabama Radio Utility Act." (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §1.)
AL Code § 37-4-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-101 - Definitions.

Section 37-4-101Definitions. The following words, when used in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context: (1) COMMISSION. The Public Service Commission of Alabama. (2) PERSON. Such term shall include any individual, partnerships, corporations, companies, associations, administrators, executors, trustees and receivers appointed by any court whatsoever. (3) RADIO UTILITY. Any person or organization which owns, controls, operates or manages a radio utility system; except, that such definition shall not include a telephone utility or telegraph utility regulated by the commission. (4) RADIO UTILITY SYSTEM. A system employing any facility within this state to offer a radio service on a for-hire basis to the members of the public who subscribe to such service, and which is operated under such circumstances as would require a license by the Federal Communications Commission as a miscellaneous common carrier in the domestic land mobile radio services. (5) FACILITY. Such term shall include all real property, stations, antennae, radios, receivers, transmitters, instruments, appliances, fixtures and other personal property used by a radio utility in providing service to its subscribers. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §2.)
AL Code § 37-4-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-102 - When Certificate Required; Rules Governing Issuance; Form of Application.

Section 37-4-102When certificate required; rules governing issuance; form of application. No person shall begin or continue the construction or operation of any radio utility system, or any geographical extension thereof, or acquire ownership or control thereof either directly or indirectly without first obtaining from the public service commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity requires or will require such construction, operation, geographical extension or acquisition. The commission is authorized to prescribe appropriate and reasonable rules and regulations governing the issuance of such certificates and is authorized to prescribe the appropriate form of applications for such certificates. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §3.)
AL Code § 37-4-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-103 - Hearing Upon Application for Certificate; Notice; Issuance of Certificate; Factors Considered in Determining Whether to Issue Certificate.

Section 37-4-103Hearing upon application for certificate; notice; issuance of certificate; factors considered in determining whether to issue certificate. (a) Upon the filing of an application for such certificate, the commission shall fix the time and place for a hearing thereon and shall cause notice thereof to be given to such parties in interest as the commission may deem necessary. In the event the applicant proposes to interconnect its radio utility system with the communication system of an existing landline telephone or telegraph company, then notice of such hearing and a copy of said application shall be served upon said telephone or telegraph utility. The commission shall also cause notice of the application to be published once at least 14 days prior to the hearing in some newspaper of general circulation in the affected territory. (b) After such hearing, the commission may issue to the applicant a certificate of public convenience and necessity in a form to be prescribed by it or may refuse to issue the same or may issue it for only partial exercise of the privilege sought, or may attach to the exercise of the right granted by the certificate such terms, limitations and conditions which it deems the public interest may require. The certificate shall include a copy of a service area map clearly showing the territory in which the radio utility system is to be constructed, extended, operated or acquired. (c) In determining whether a certificate shall be issued, the commission shall take into consideration, among other things, the public need for the proposed service or acquisition, the suitability of the applicant, the financial responsibility of the applicant, and the ability of the applicant to perform efficiently the service for which authority is requested. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §4.)
AL Code § 37-4-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-104 - Continuation of Facilities Existing Prior to September 28, 1971.

Section 37-4-104Continuation of facilities existing prior to September 28, 1971. Any person who, on September 28, 1971, either is engaged in the construction or operation of any radio utility system licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or who holds a valid existing certificate previously issued by the commission to provide interconnected radio utility service, shall receive a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the commission authorizing such person to continue construction or operation of such radio utility system and to provide radio utility service in the territory served by such person on September 28, 1971, if, within 90 days thereafter, such person shall file with the commission an application in the form prescribed by the commission for such certificate, including copies of the license or licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission to such person, and including copies of maps showing the area served by such person. The construction or operation of such radio utility system or the providing of such radio utility service may be lawfully continued pending the filing of such an application and the determination of same unless the commission shall, for cause, order otherwise. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §5.)
AL Code § 37-4-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-105 - Transfer, Assignment or Encumbrance of Certificate.

Section 37-4-105Transfer, assignment or encumbrance of certificate. No such certificate of public convenience and necessity may be transferred, assigned or encumbered unless such transaction is first approved, after hearing, by the commission. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §6.)
AL Code § 37-4-106 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-106 - Merger or Consolidation.

Section 37-4-106Merger or consolidation. No radio utility shall combine, merge or consolidate with, or acquire control of, another organization without first obtaining the approval of the commission, which shall be granted only after hearing and finding that such proposed combination, merger, consolidation or acquisition is in the public interest. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §7.)
AL Code § 37-4-107 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-107 - Revocation, Suspension or Alteration of Certificate.

Section 37-4-107Revocation, suspension or alteration of certificate. The commission may, after affording the holder an opportunity to be heard, revoke, suspend or alter any such certificate of public convenience and necessity for the willful violation of any provision of this article or the rules and regulations or orders of the commission made under the authority of this article, or for other reasonable cause. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §8.)
AL Code § 37-4-108 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-108 - Powers and Duties of Commission Generally.

Section 37-4-108Powers and duties of commission generally. (a) The commission shall have the power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate every radio utility operating within this state and its property, property rights, equipment, facilities, contracts, certificates and franchises so far as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, and to do all things, whether specifically designated in this article or in addition thereto, which are necessary or convenient in the exercise of such power and jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the commission is authorized to adopt and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations and orders as it may deem necessary with respect to rates, charges and classifications, issuance of certificates, territory of operation, abandonment or suspension of service, adequacy of service, prevention or elimination of unjust discrimination between subscribers, financial responsibility, records, reports, safety of operation and equipment and to otherwise accomplish the purposes of this article and to implement its provisions. (b) The commission may, after affording an opportunity for hearing, order a radio utility to make any reasonable repair or improvement of or addition to such system. (c) The commission shall from time to time visit the places of business and other premises and examine the records and facilities of all radio utilities to ascertain if all rules and regulations and orders of the commission have been complied with, and shall have the power to examine all officers, agents and employees of such radio utilities, and all other persons, under oath, and to compel the production of papers and the attendance of witnesses to obtain the information necessary for administering the provisions of this article. (d) The commission shall have the power and authority to institute all proceedings and investigations, hear all complaints, issue all process and orders and render all decisions necessary to enforce the provisions of this article or of the rules, regulations and orders adopted thereunder, or to otherwise accomplish the purposes of this article. (e) The commission shall have the right to institute, or to intervene as a party in, any action in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking mandamus, injunctive or other relief to compel compliance with any provision of this article or of any rule, regulation or order adopted thereunder, or to restrain or otherwise prevent or prohibit any illegal or unauthorized conduct in connection therewith. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §9.)
AL Code § 37-4-109 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-109 - Rates, Charges and Classifications for Services.

Section 37-4-109Rates, charges and classifications for services. The commission shall prescribe just and reasonable rates, charges and classifications for the services rendered by a radio utility to subscribers, and the tariffs therefor shall be in such form and shall be filed and published in such manner and on such notice as the commission may prescribe, and shall be subject to change on such notice and in such manner as the commission may prescribe. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §10.)
AL Code § 37-4-110 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-110 - Entry or Extension Into Established Service Area.

Section 37-4-110Entry or extension into established service area. Except as provided in Section 37-4-104, the commission shall not grant a certificate for a proposed radio utility operation, or extension thereof, into an established service area, which will be in competition with, or duplication of the service of, any other radio utility unless the commission shall first determine that the existing certificated radio utility is: (1) Unwilling or unable to meet the reasonable needs of the public, and (2) That the person operating the same is unable to or refuses or neglects after hearing on reasonable notice to provide reasonably adequate service. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §11.)
AL Code § 37-4-111 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-111 - Article Not Applicable to Certain Mobile Radio Telephone Service.

Section 37-4-111Article not applicable to certain mobile radio telephone service. The provisions of this article relate only to "radio utilities" as defined in this article and shall not apply to mobile radio telephone service offered by landline telephone or telegraph utilities regulated by the commission. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §12.)
AL Code § 37-4-112 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-112 - Interconnection With Other Communications.

Section 37-4-112Interconnection with other communications. Each radio utility holding a certificate from the commission may interconnect its facilities with the communication facilities of any other regulated communication company operating in the area in which the radio utility is located, provided an agreement can be reached between the radio utility and the communication company providing for such interconnection; provided further, that when an agreement cannot be reached between the radio utility and the communication company, either may petition the commission for the right of interconnection, and such interconnection shall be ordered by the commission on such reasonable terms as shall be set by the commission. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §13.)
AL Code § 37-4-113 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-113 - Construction and Maintenance of Antennas and Towers; Right of Eminent Domain.

Section 37-4-113Construction and maintenance of antennas and towers; right of eminent domain. Any radio utility operating a radio system under authority of a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Alabama Public Service Commission shall, where necessary and upon making due compensation, have the right to construct, maintain and operate antennas and towers, for the purpose of broadcasting and receiving radio signals, upon any private lands or property, and to that end, may have and exercise the right of eminent domain; provided, that the antenna equipment be so erected, placed and maintained as not to obstruct or interfere with the ordinary use of such land or property, or with the convenience of any land or property owners, more than may be avoidable; provided further, that where it is necessary for such radio utilities to exercise the right of eminent domain, they shall proceed to exercise the same in the same manner as provided by law for the exercise of such right of eminent domain by other regulated public utilities. This section shall not authorize a radio utility to exercise the right of eminent domain in regard to the lands or property of any other regulated public utility. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §14.)
AL Code § 37-4-114 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-114 - Appeals.

Section 37-4-114Appeals. From any final action or order of the commission in the exercise of the jurisdiction, power and authority conferred upon it by this article, an appeal shall lie to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, and thence to the Supreme Court of Alabama. All appeals to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County shall be taken within 30 days from the date of such action or order and shall be granted as a matter of right and be deemed perfected by filing with the Public Service Commission a bond for security of cost of said appeal; except, that when the appellant is the State of Alabama, no bond shall be required and the same shall be deemed perfected by filing notice of an appeal. Appeals to the supreme court shall be taken in accordance with the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §15.)
AL Code § 37-4-115 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-115 - Violations; Injunctions Against Persons Operating Without License or Certificate.

Section 37-4-115Violations; injunctions against persons operating without license or certificate. (a) Any person or the officer, agent or employee of any organization who willfully violates any provision of this article or of any rule, regulation or order adopted thereunder, or who willfully procures, aids or abets any violation of such a provision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) Any person who offers radio service on a for-hire basis to the public in this state under such circumstances as would require a license by the federal communications commission as a miscellaneous common carrier in the domestic public land mobile radio service, without a certificate of public convenience and necessity, or after such certificate is cancelled, may be enjoined by the courts of this state from operating within this state, at the suit of the commission, or at the suit of a radio utility which competes with it, or of any person. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §16.)
AL Code § 37-4-117 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.|Article 4 - Radio Utilities.|Section 37-4-117 - Treatment of Utility as Part of General System.

Section 37-4-117Treatment of utility as part of general system. For all the purposes of this article, the commission may, in its discretion, deem and treat any radio utility, the property of which is operated in connection with or as a part of a general system of any other radio utility and all of the capital stock of which or substantially all of the capital stock of which is owned or controlled by such other radio utility, or by any person or persons who own or control all of the capital stock or substantially all of the capital stock of such other radio utility, as a part of or consolidated with such owning or controlling radio utility or such other radio utility whose stock is so owned or controlled. (Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §17.)