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NY Pub Serv L § 99 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 5 - Provisions Relating to Telegraph and Telephone Lines and to Telephone and Telegraph Corporations 99 - Franchises and Privileges.

§  99.  Franchises  and  privileges.  1.   No telegraph corporation or   telephone corporation hereafter formed shall begin construction  of  its   telegraph  line  or  telephone  line  without  first having obtained the   permission and approval of the commission and its certificate of  public   convenience  and  necessity  and  the  required  consent  of  the proper   municipal  authorities.    Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,   any   such   certificate  shall be deemed to be granted by the commission ninety days   after such corporation applies to  the  commission  for  a  certificate,   unless  the  commission,  or its designee, determines within such ninety   day period that the public interest requires the commission's review and   its written order.2.  No franchise nor any right to or under any  franchise  to  own  or   operate   a   telegraph  line  or  telephone  line  shall  be  assigned,   transferred or leased, nor shall any  contract  or  agreement  hereafter   made with reference to or affecting any such franchise or right be valid   or  of  any force or effect whatsoever, unless the assignment, transfer,   lease, contract or agreement shall have been approved by the commission.   No telephone corporation shall transfer or lease its works or system  or   any  part  of such works or system to any other person or corporation or   contract for the operation of its works or system, without  the  written   consent  of  the  commission.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing, any such   transfer or lease between affiliated corporations with an original  cost   of  (a)  less  than one hundred thousand dollars proposed by a telephone   corporation having annual  gross  revenues  in  excess  of  two  hundred   million  dollars, (b) less than twenty-five thousand dollars proposed by   a telephone corporation having annual gross revenues of  less  than  two   hundred  million  but more than ten million dollars or (c) less than ten   thousand dollars proposed by a telephone corporation having annual gross   revenues of less than ten million dollars  and  any  other  transfer  or   lease  between  non-affiliates  regardless  of  cost  shall be effective   without the commission's written consent within ninety days  after  such   corporation  notifies  the  commission  that  it  plans to complete such   transfer or lease and submits a description of the  transfer  or  lease,   unless  the  commission,  or its designee, determines within such ninety   days that the public  interest  requires  the  commission's  review  and   written consent.3. The approval of the commission to the exercise of a franchise or to   the  assignment, transfer or lease of a franchise shall not be construed   to revive or validate any lapsed or invalid franchise or to  enlarge  or   add to the powers and privileges contained in the grant of any franchise   or to waive any forfeiture.
NY Pub Serv L § 101-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 5 - Provisions Relating to Telegraph and Telephone Lines and to Telephone and Telegraph Corporations 101-A - Reorganization.

§ 101-a. Reorganization.  1. Reorganization of telegraph and telephone   corporations  pursuant  to  sections  ninety-six and ninety-seven of the   stock corporation law and such other laws as may be enacted from time to   time 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, provided, however, 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.
NY Pub Serv L § 102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 5 - Provisions Relating to Telegraph and Telephone Lines and to Telephone and Telegraph Corporations 102 - Intralata Presubscribed Interexchange Carrier-Change Charge Study.

§  102.  IntraLATA  presubscribed  interexchange carrier-change charge study. 1. As  used  in  this  section,  the  following  terms  have  the following meanings:  (a) "Provider of telephone service" means a telephone corporation that provides  intraLATA  or  local  exchange  telephone  service  to end-use customers.  (b) "Customer change of use  charges"  means  intraLATA  presubscribed interexchange  carrier-change  charges, that any provider of residential or single-line business telephone service levies upon the  customer  for the  customer's  change in intraLATA presubscribed interexchange carrier service or complete termination of that service.  (c) "Customer local calling plan" means any residential or single-line business telephone plan,  exclusively  for  the  purpose  of  completing regional  intraLATA  calls,  offered  by  any  telegraph  corporation or telephone corporation, subject to section ninety of this article.   2. The commission shall conduct a study to analyze  trends  associated with  customer  change of use charges related to changes of a customer's local calling plan and determine the extent to which these changes  take place  and  the  actual cost for a provider of telephone service to make all the necessary changes  associated  with  such  a  change.  From  its findings,  the  commission shall publish a report regarding the activity related to changes in local calling plans and the costs associated  with the  changes  of  such  plans.  The  report must be published within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of this section. A copy of the report must be furnished to the temporary president of the  senate,  the speaker  of  the  assembly,  the  chairperson  of  the  senate  standing committee on energy and telecommunications, and the chairperson  of  the assembly   standing   committee   on   corporations,   authorities   and commissions.   3. In cases where the customer's calling plan was altered  by,  or  on behalf  of, a telegraph corporation and/or telephone corporation subject to section ninety of this article, other than the customer's provider of telephone service, the telegraph corporation  or  telephone  corporation shall  pay  the  customer  change  of  use  charges  to  the provider of telephone service.   4. The commission shall  notify  customers  of  its  findings  on  its official world wide web website.
NY Pub Serv L § 103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 5 - Provisions Relating to Telegraph and Telephone Lines and to Telephone and Telegraph Corporations 103 - Commercial Landlord-Tenant Relationship.

§  103.  Commercial  landlord-tenant relationship. 1. No landlord of a commercial  property  shall  (a)  interfere  with  the  installation  of telephone  corporation facilities upon such property or premises, except that a landlord of a commercial property may require:  (1) that the installation of telephone corporation facilities  conform to  such  reasonable  conditions as are necessary to protect the safety, functioning and appearance of the  premises,  and  the  convenience  and well-being of other tenants;  (2)  that  the  telephone  corporation  bear  the  entire  cost of the installation, operation or removal of such facilities; and  (3) that the telephone corporation agree to indemnify the landlord  of the  commercial  property  for  any  damage  caused by the installation, operation or removal of such facilities;  (b) demand or accept payment from any commercial tenant, in any  form, in  exchange  for permitting telephone corporation services on or within such commercial property or premises, or from any telephone  corporation in exchange therefor in excess of any amount which the commission shall, by regulation, determine to be reasonable; or  (c)  discriminate  in  rental charges or otherwise, between commercial tenants who receive telephone corporation services and those who do not.   2. No telephone corporation may enter  into  any  agreement  with  the owners,  lessees or persons controlling or managing commercial buildings served by a telephone corporation, or do or permit any act,  that  would have  the  effect,  directly or indirectly of diminishing or interfering with existing rights of any tenant or other occupant of such building to use or avail himself or herself of telecommunications services.
NY Pub Serv L § 105 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 6 - Provisions Affecting Two or More Kinds of the Public Service and the Persons and Corporations Furnishing Such Service 105 - Purposes of Article.

§ 105. Purposes  of  article.    This  article  prescribes  additional   provisions affecting two or more kinds of the public  service  regulated   by  this  chapter  and affecting the persons and corporations furnishing   such service.
NY Pub Serv L § 106 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 6 - Provisions Affecting Two or More Kinds of the Public Service and the Persons and Corporations Furnishing Such Service 106 - Approval of Loans.

§ 106. Approval of loans.  Except with the consent and approval of the   public  service  commission  first  had  and obtained, no public utility   shall  loan  moneys,  stocks,  bonds,  notes  or  other   evidences   of   indebtedness,  to  any corporation, company, association, partnership or   individual, owning or holding, directly or indirectly, any stock of said   public utility.
NY Pub Serv L § 107 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 6 - Provisions Affecting Two or More Kinds of the Public Service and the Persons and Corporations Furnishing Such Service 107 - Approval of the Use of Revenues.

§ 107. Approval of the use of revenues. 1. Except with the consent and   approval  of  the  commission  first had and obtained, no public utility   shall use revenues received from the rendition of public service  within   the  state  for  any  purpose  other than its operating, maintenance and   depreciation  expenses,  the  construction,  extension,  improvement  or   maintenance   of   its  facilities  and  service,  the  payment  of  its   indebtedness and interest thereon, and the payment of dividends  to  its   stockholders.2.  Notwithstanding  subdivision one of this section, such consent and   approval requested by a telephone corporation shall be deemed granted by   the  commission  ninety  days  after  the  corporation  applies  to  the   commission  for such consent and approval, unless the commission, or its   designee, determines within such  ninety  day  period  that  the  public   interest requires the commission's review and written consent.
NY Pub Serv L § 108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 6 - Provisions Affecting Two or More Kinds of the Public Service and the Persons and Corporations Furnishing Such Service 108 - Approval of Dissolution and of Certificates of Merger or Consolidation, Certificates of Amendment of Certificates of Incorporation, and Restated Certi

§ 108. Approval  of  dissolution  and  of  certificates  of  merger or   consolidation,   certificates   of   amendment   of   certificates    of   incorporation,  and  restated  certificates  of  incorporation of public   utility corporations.  1. No public utility corporation shall deliver to   the department of state for filing, nor shall the  department  of  state   file,   a  certificate  of  dissolution,  a  certificate  of  merger  or   consolidation, or  a  certificate  of  amendment  of  a  certificate  of   incorporation   under   section  eight  hundred  five  of  the  business   corporation law or a restated certificate of incorporation under section   eight hundred seven of the business  corporation  law  which  makes  any   amendment specified in subparagraphs eight, nine, ten, eleven and twelve   of   paragraph  (b)  of  section  eight  hundred  one  of  the  business   corporation law, unless such certificate shall have endorsed thereon the   consent and approval of the commission.2. No public utility corporation shall be dissolved  pursuant  to  the   provisions  of  article eleven of the business corporation law until the   commission shall have first approved such dissolution.3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a public  utility   corporation  subject  to regulation by the commission only as a contract   carrier of  passengers  by  motor  vehicle,  nor  to  a  certificate  of   amendment  or  restated certificate of incorporation of a public utility   corporation subject to regulation by the  commission  only  as  a  motor   carrier of property.
NY Pub Serv L § 109 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 6 - Provisions Affecting Two or More Kinds of the Public Service and the Persons and Corporations Furnishing Such Service 109 - Appearances of Municipal Corporations.

§ 109. Appearances   of   municipal   corporations.   Each   municipal   corporation shall have the  right  to  appear  as  a  party  before  the   commission  or  before  any  court in any action or proceeding involving   rates, service or other matters affecting the municipal  corporation  or   any  of its residents. Any city, village, county or town may appropriate   and expend such an amount as the governing body of such municipality may   determine to be necessary for the purpose of paying the expenses of  the   employment  of  expert  and  technical advisors, engineers, accountants,   appraisers, attorneys, and other persons in connection with  any  matter   to  be presented to the commission in any action or proceeding involving   electric, gas and water rates, service or other matters to which it is a   party.
NY Pub Serv L § 112-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 6 - Provisions Affecting Two or More Kinds of the Public Service and the Persons and Corporations Furnishing Such Service 112-A - Appointment of Temporary Operator.

§  112-a.  Appointment  of  temporary operator. (a) The commission may appoint a temporary operator of a gas corporation with  twenty  thousand or fewer customers or water-works corporation with one thousand or fewer customers  if  the  commission,  after  notice  and an opportunity to be heard, makes a determination that such gas  corporation  or  water-works corporation exhibits one or more of the following criteria:  (i) a failure to provide safe, adequate, or reliable service;  (ii) a lack of technical, financial, or managerial capacity or ability to provide the service; or  (iii)  actual  or  effective  abandonment  of  any  service or portion thereof.  (b) In making a determination under this section, the  commission  may take into consideration:  (i)  the  financial,  managerial,  and  technical  ability  of the gas corporation or water-works corporation;  (ii) the financial, managerial, and technical ability  of  persons  or entities providing the same type of service;  (iii) expenditures necessary to make improvements to assure compliance with applicable statutory and regulatory standards; and  (iv) any other matter that the commission deems relevant.  (c)  For  the  purposes  of this section, a "temporary operator" shall mean any person or entity that:  (i)  is  not  an  affiliated  interest  of  the  gas  corporation   or water-works corporation;  (ii)  agrees to operate the gas corporation or water-works corporation under the terms and conditions established by the commission; and  (iii)  is  financially,  managerially,  and  technically  capable   of operating  the  gas corporation or water-works corporation in compliance with applicable standards.  (d) The gas corporation or  water-works  corporation  shall  have  the burden  of  demonstrating  that  it  is supplying and has the ability to continue to supply safe, adequate, and  reliable  service  at  just  and reasonable rates, or that abandonment of service by its system is in the public interest.  (e)  The  appointment  of a temporary operator shall be in addition to any other remedies provided by law.
NY Pub Serv L § 114 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 6 - Provisions Affecting Two or More Kinds of the Public Service and the Persons and Corporations Furnishing Such Service 114 - Temporary Rates.

§ 114. Temporary rates.  To facilitate prompt action by the commission   in  proceedings  involving the reasonableness of the rates of any public   utility and to avoid delay in any such rate proceeding,  the  commission   is hereby authorized to require any public utility company to establish,   provide  and  maintain  continuing property records, including a list or   inventory of all of the physical property actually used  in  the  public   service,  and  to  require any public utility company to keep its books,   accounts and records in such manner as to show  currently  the  original   cost  of  said physical property and the reserves accumulated to provide   for the retirement or replacement of said physical property.The commission may, in any such proceeding, brought either on its  own   motion  or  upon  complaint,  upon notice and after hearing, if it be of   opinion that the public interest so requires, immediately fix, determine   and prescribe temporary rates to be  charged  by  said  utility  company   pending  the final determination of said rate proceeding. Said temporary   rates so fixed, determined and prescribed shall be sufficient to provide   a return of not less than five per centum upon the original  cost,  less   accrued  depreciation,  of  the physical property of said public utility   company used and useful in the public service, and if the duly  verified   reports  of  said  utility  company  to  the  commission do not show the   original  cost,  less  accrued  depreciation,  of  said  property,   the   commission  may  estimate said cost less depreciation and fix, determine   and prescribe rates as hereinbefore provided.Temporary rates so fixed, determined and prescribed under this section   shall be effective until the rates to be charged, received and collected   by said utility company shall finally have been  fixed,  determined  and   prescribed.  The  commission  is  hereby authorized in any proceeding in   which temporary rates are fixed, determined and  prescribed  under  this   section, to consider the effect of such rates in fixing, determining and   prescribing  rates to be thereafter charged and collected by said public   utility company on final determination of the rate proceeding.
NY Pub Serv L § 114-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 6 - Provisions Affecting Two or More Kinds of the Public Service and the Persons and Corporations Furnishing Such Service 114-A - Rates Not to Include Cost of Legislative Lobbying.

§ 114-a. Rates  not  to  include  cost  of  legislative  lobbying.  In   determining rates to be charged  customers,  the  commission  shall  not   include the cost of legislative lobbying on behalf of any public utility   as part of any such utility's operational costs and the commission shall   not   include   the  cost  of  membership  dues  for  any  organization,   association, institution, corporation or any other entity  that  engages   in legislative lobbying as part of any such utility's operational costs.   As used in this section, legislative lobbying shall mean and include any   attempt  by  any  person  on behalf of a public utility to influence the   passage or defeat of any legislation by either house of the  legislature   or  the  congress,  or the approval or disapproval of any legislation by   the governor; provided however, legislative lobbying shall  not  include   any  appearance  by  any  person  on behalf of a public utility before a   committee of either house of the legislature or the congress  where  any   such appearance is at the request of any such committee.
NY Pub Serv L § 115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBS - Public Service Article 6 - Provisions Affecting Two or More Kinds of the Public Service and the Persons and Corporations Furnishing Such Service 115 - Public Letting of Contracts.

§ 115. Public   letting  of  contracts.    The  commission  is  hereby   authorized, whenever it is  of  opinion  that  the  public  interest  so   requires,  to  direct  any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of   the commission to award contracts or agreements  for  the  construction,   improvement  or  extension  of  its plant, works or system, exceeding in   amount twenty-five thousand dollars in any calendar year, to the  lowest   responsible  bidder,  after  a  public  offering has been made and after   advertisement and notice of such  offering  have  been  given,  and  the   commission   may  prescribe  rules  and  regulations  relative  to  such   advertisement, notice and public letting.