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MO Rev Stat § 392.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.190 - Application of sections 392.190 to 392.530.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.190. Application of sections 392.190 to 392.530. — The provisions of sections 392.190 to 392.530 shall apply to telecommunications service between one point and another within the state of Missouri and to every telecommunications company. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5663, A.L. 1987 H.B. 360)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5207; 1919 § 10495
MO Rev Stat § 392.201 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.201 - Electronic publishing limitations — adoption of provisions — public service commission to administer — exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   392.201. Electronic publishing limitations — adoption of provisions — public service commission to administer — exception. — 1. Prior to February 7, 2000, no incumbent local exchange telecommunications company may engage in the provision of electronic publishing services, on an intrastate basis, which services are disseminated by means of such telecommunications company's or any of its affiliates' telecommunications services; except that nothing in this section shall prohibit a separated affiliate or electronic publishing joint venture operated in accordance with this section from engaging in the provision of intrastate electronic publishing services.  2. The state of Missouri hereby adopts and incorporates in total the electronic publishing provisions of Section 274 of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 for the purpose of governing the provision of electronic publishing services on an intrastate basis; provided that said provisions shall be fully applicable to and binding on all incumbent local exchange telecommunications companies operating in the state of Missouri until February 7, 2000.  3. The public service commission is hereby granted all primary and concurrent jurisdiction and powers necessary and proper to administer the provisions of this section consistent with the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, as incorporated herein, and otherwise consistent with the public service commission law.  4. Other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this section shall not be construed to affect or prohibit incumbent local exchange telecommunications companies from providing international networking (internet) services, electronic bulletin board and related services which are offered primarily as a community or public service. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 507)
MO Rev Stat § 392.205 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.205 - Public schools to have reduced rates.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   392.205. Public schools to have reduced rates. — The public service commission shall ensure that all public school districts have access to substantially reduced telecommunications rates and may approve the tariff as submitted, or may, after hearing, modify the tariff in the public interest. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 507)
MO Rev Stat § 392.246 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.246 - Petition for rate relief — relief to be granted, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   392.246. Petition for rate relief — relief to be granted, when. — Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of section 392.245, an incumbent local exchange telecommunications company regulated under section 392.245 may petition the commission for rate relief under the provisions of sections 392.220 and 392.230, and the commission may grant such rate relief if it determines that the financial condition of such incumbent local exchange telecommunications company's Missouri jurisdictional operations is such that the company cannot attract capital on reasonable terms or that the ability of that incumbent local exchange telecommunications company to continue to provide safe and adequate universal telecommunications service is threatened. If the commission shall be of the opinion that the maximum rates, charges or rentals chargeable by such telecommunications company are insufficient to yield reasonable compensation for the service rendered, the commission shall with due regard, among other things, to a reasonable average return upon the value of the property actually used in the public service and of the necessity of making reservation out of income for surplus and contingencies, determine the just and reasonable rates, charges and rentals to be thereafter observed and in force as the maximum to be charged, demanded, exacted or collected for the performance or rendering of the service specified and shall fix the same by order served upon such incumbent local exchange telecommunications company, and thereafter no increase in any rate, charge or rental so fixed shall be made without the consent of the commission. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 507)
MO Rev Stat § 392.250 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.250 - Power of commission to order repairs or changes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.250. Power of commission to order repairs or changes. — Whenever the commission shall be of the opinion, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, that repairs or improvements to or changes in any telecommunications facilities ought reasonably to be made, or that any additions should reasonably be made thereto, in order to promote the convenience of the public or employees, or in order to secure adequate service or facilities for telecommunications service, the commission shall make and serve an order directing that such repairs, improvements, changes or additions be made within a reasonable time and in a manner to be specified therein, and every telecommunications company is hereby required and directed to make all repairs, improvements, changes and additions required of it by any order of the commission served upon it. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5672, A.L. 1987 H.B. 360)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5216; 1919 § 10504
MO Rev Stat § 392.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.280 - Depreciation account required — application for change, information required — ruling, when — minimum rates in lieu of fixed rates.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   392.280. Depreciation account required — application for change, information required — ruling, when — minimum rates in lieu of fixed rates. — 1. The commission shall have power, after hearing, to require any or all telecommunications companies to carry a proper and adequate depreciation account in accordance with such rules and regulations and in the forms of account as the commission shall prescribe. The commission may, from time to time on its own motion or upon the application of the telecommunications company or the office of the public counsel, ascertain and determine and by order fix the proper and adequate rates of depreciation of the several classes of property of such public utility. Each telecommunications company shall conform its depreciation accounts to the rates so ascertained, determined and fixed. Upon filing the application for a change in depreciation rates, the applicant must file with the commission all information in justification of the depreciation rate changes. The commission shall rule upon any request for a change in depreciation rates within twelve months of such request, unless a general rate proceeding is pending at the time set for decision, in which case the commission may rule upon the request for a change in depreciation rates at the same time it rules upon the general rate case proceeding.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, a telecommunications company may request the commission to authorize minimum depreciation rates in lieu of fixed rates, and to record depreciation expense on the basis of depreciation rates in excess of such minimum rates. The reasonableness of any request for an increase in the tariffed rates for noncompetitive telecommunications service shall be considered on the basis of the minimum authorized depreciation rates, and the depreciation expense attributed to any test period shall be calculated on the basis of the company's minimum depreciation rates regardless of the depreciation expense actually recorded by the telecommunications company. Where minimum depreciation rates have been authorized pursuant to this subsection, the commission may prescribe new minimum depreciation rates in a general rate proceeding and use those new minimum depreciation rates to determine the reasonableness of tariffed rates for telecommunications service in that general rate proceeding. In any proceeding to consider a request for an increase in the tariffed rates for telecommunications service, the telecommunications company shall utilize for the purposes of such proceeding the depreciation reserve levels which have occurred on the basis of the recorded depreciation expenses. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5680, A.L. 1987 H.B. 360, A.L. 1993 S.B. 160)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5224; 1919 § 10512
MO Rev Stat § 392.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.290 - Right to issue stocks, bonds and notes is subject to regulation by state — exception — limitation on powers of commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.290. Right to issue stocks, bonds and notes is subject to regulation by state — exception — limitation on powers of commission. — 1. The power of telecommunications companies to issue stocks, bonds, notes and other evidence of indebtedness and to create liens upon their property situated in this state is a special privilege, the right of supervision, regulation, restriction and control of which is and shall continue to be vested in the state, and such power shall be exercised as provided by law and under such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe.  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, no telecommunications company operating in Missouri and one or more other states shall be required to obtain authorization from the commission to issue stocks, bonds, notes or any other evidence of indebtedness; nor shall any such telecommunications company be required to obtain authorization from the commission in order to encumber the whole or any part of its franchise line or system. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5674, A.L. 1986 S.B. 625, A.L. 1987 H.B. 360)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5218; 1919 § 10506
MO Rev Stat § 392.320 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.320 - Certificate of commission to be recorded — stock dividends, permitted when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.320. Certificate of commission to be recorded — stock dividends, permitted when. — 1. No telecommunications company governed by the provisions of this chapter shall issue any stocks, bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness, for money, property or services, either directly or indirectly, nor shall it receive any money, property or services in payment of the same, either directly or indirectly, until there shall have been recorded upon the books of such corporation or person the certificate of the commission herein provided for.  2. No telecommunications company governed by the provisions of this chapter shall declare any stock, bond or scrip dividend or divide the proceeds of the same of any stock, bond or scrip among its stockholders unless authorized by the commission so to do. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5677, A.L. 1987 H.B. 360)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5221; 1919 § 10509
MO Rev Stat § 392.340 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.340 - Reorganization.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.340. Reorganization. — 1. Reorganization of telecommunications companies shall be subject to the supervision and control of the commission and no such reorganization shall be had without the authorization of such commission.  2. Upon all such reorganizations the amount of capitalization, including therein all stocks and bonds and other evidence of indebtedness, shall be such as is authorized by the commission, which, in making its determination, shall not exceed the fair value of the property involved, taking into consideration its original cost of construction, duplication cost, present condition, earning power at reasonable rates and all other relevant matters and any additional sum or sums as shall be actually paid in cash except, that the commission may make due allowance for discount of bonds. Any reorganization agreement before it becomes effective shall be amended so that the amount of capitalization shall conform to the amount authorized by the commission. The commission may by its order impose such condition or conditions as it may deem reasonable and necessary. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5681, A.L. 1987 H.B. 360)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5225; 1919 § 10513
MO Rev Stat § 392.350 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.350 - Liability for loss or damage.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.350. Liability for loss or damage. — In case any telecommunications company shall do or cause to be done or permit to be done any act, matter or thing prohibited, forbidden or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter or other thing required to be done by this chapter or by any order or decision of the commission, such telecommunications company shall be liable to the person or corporation affected thereby for all loss, damage or injury caused thereby or resulting therefrom, and in case of recovery, if the court shall find that such an act or omission was willful, it may, in its discretion, fix a reasonable counsel or attorney's fee, which fee shall be taxed and collected as a part of the costs in the action. An action to recover for such loss, damage or injury may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by any such person or corporation. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5666; A.L. 1987 H.B. 360)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5210; 1919 § 10498  (1984) The term "all damages" includes punitive damages and any allowance of attorney's fees, in the court's discretion as a means of equalizing the disparate positions of the parties. The term "willful", as used in this section, is not the level of intent needed for criminal liability of for punitive damages in tort cases. Overman v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. (Mo. App. W.D.), 675 S.W.2d 419.
MO Rev Stat § 392.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.360 - Forfeiture — penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.360. Forfeiture — penalties. — Every telecommunications company, and all officers, agents and employees of any telecommunications company shall obey, observe and comply with every order, direction or requirement made by the commission, under authority of this chapter, so long as the same shall be and remain in force. Any telecommunications company which shall violate any provision of sections 392.190 to 392.530, or which fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or decision or any direction or requirement of the commission, shall forfeit to the state of Missouri not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars for each and every offense. Every violation of any such order or decision or direction or requirement, or of said sections, shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be and be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5682, A.L. 1987 H.B. 360)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5226; 1919 § 10514
MO Rev Stat § 392.370 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.370 - Transitionally competitive telecommunications services, classified when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   392.370. Transitionally competitive telecommunications services, classified when. — After the effective date of an order of the commission which finds, pursuant to section 392.361, that a telecommunications service is sufficiently competitive to justify a lesser degree of regulation, the same, substitutable, or equivalent service offered by a transitionally competitive or noncompetitive telecommunications company shall be classified as transitionally competitive, if the telecommunications service granted a lesser degree of regulation is authorized to be provided anywhere within the certificated or service area of the transitionally competitive or noncompetitive telecommunications company. Any transitionally competitive telecommunications service offered by a noncompetitive local exchange telecommunications company shall be classified as a competitive telecommunications service no later than three years after the effective date of a tariff for such service bearing the classification "transitionally competitive". Any transitionally competitive service offered by a transitionally competitive interexchange telecommunications company shall be classified as a competitive telecommunications service no later than two years after the effective date of a tariff for such service bearing the classification "transitionally competitive". The exchange access rates of an incumbent local exchange company that is declared a competitive telecommunications company shall not exceed the rates that were charged at the time the company became a competitive telecommunications company. The exchange access rates of an alternative local exchange company shall not exceed the exchange access rates of the incumbent local exchange company against whom the alternative local exchange company is competing. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1779)
MO Rev Stat § 392.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.380 - Applicability of law to competitive and transitionally competitive telecommunications companies and services.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.380. Applicability of law to competitive and transitionally competitive telecommunications companies and services. — 1. The provisions of chapter 386 and sections 392.010 to 392.360 shall be fully and equally applicable to noncompetitive telecommunications companies and services and the regulation thereof.  2. Except to the extent modified or supplemented by the specific provisions of sections 392.361 to 392.530, the provisions of chapter 386 and sections 392.010 to 392.360 are fully and equally applicable to competitive and transitionally competitive telecommunications services and to all telecommunications companies and the regulation thereof. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360)
MO Rev Stat § 392.390 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.390 - Minimum requirements of telecommunications companies, reports to be filed with commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.390. Minimum requirements of telecommunications companies, reports to be filed with commission. — Except as provided in subsection 1 of section 392.520, a telecommunications company shall at a minimum:  (1) File annual reports with the commission as required by the commission and in a form and at times prescribed by the commission. The commission may require different forms of annual reports for different telecommunications companies;  (2) Comply with any subpoena issued by the commission, any order issued by the commission pursuant to section 386.450 and provide specific answers to any questions asked by the commission pursuant to subsection 1 of section 392.210;  (3) Comply with any reasonable requirements which shall be imposed by the commission for determining and reporting the jurisdictional nature of the telecommunications services it provides;  (4) Be subject to the provisions of sections 386.320 and 386.330; and  (5) Be subject to the provisions of subsections 2, 3, 4 and 5 of section 392.200, so far as such provisions are applicable to a telecommunications company. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360)
MO Rev Stat § 392.415 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.415 - Call location information to be provided in emergencies — immunity from liability, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 3 histories   392.415. Call location information to be provided in emergencies — immunity from liability, when. — 1. Upon request, a telecommunications carrier or commercial mobile service provider as identified in 47 U.S.C. Section 332(d)(1) and 47 CFR Parts 22 or 24 shall provide call location information concerning the user of a telecommunications service or a wireless communications service, in an emergency situation, to a law enforcement official or agency in order to respond to a call for emergency service by a subscriber, customer, or user of such service, or to provide caller location information (or do a ping locate) in an emergency situation that involves danger of death or serious physical injury to any person where disclosure of communications relating to the emergency is required without delay.  2. No cause of action shall lie in any court of law against any telecommunications carrier or telecommunications service or commercial mobile service provider, or other provider of communications-related service, or its officers, employees, agents, or other specified persons, for:  (1) Providing any information, facilities, or assistance to a law enforcement official or agency in response to requests made under the circumstances of subsection 1 of this section;  (2) Providing such information, facilities, or assistance through any plan or system required by sections 190.300 to 190.340; or  (3) Any loss, damage, or other injury, whether to person or property, resulting from a disruption or loss of communication services during an emergency situation, except in cases of gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct.  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in this section prohibits a telecommunications carrier, commercial mobile service provider, or other provider of communications-related service from establishing protocols by which such carrier or provider could voluntarily disclose call location information. ­­-------- (L. 2012 H.B. 1108, A.L. 2013 H.B. 331, A.L. 2014 S.B. 651)
MO Rev Stat § 392.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.430 - Certificates to be approved, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.430. Certificates to be approved, when. — Except as provided in section 392.450, the commission shall approve an application for a certificate of local exchange or interexchange service authority upon a showing by the applicant, and a finding by the commission, after notice and hearing, that the grant of authority is in the public interest. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360)