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MO Rev Stat § 392.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.440 - Service authority, certificate of, approved when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.440. Service authority, certificate of, approved when. — Any telecommunications company offering or providing the resale of either local exchange or interexchange telecommunications service must first obtain a certificate of service authority. Except as provided in section 392.450, the commission shall approve an application for a certificate for the resale of local exchange or interexchange telecommunications service 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)
MO Rev Stat § 392.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.450 - Requirements, approval of certificates — commission to adopt rules — modification, when — federal law not preempted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   392.450. Requirements, approval of certificates — commission to adopt rules — modification, when — federal law not preempted. — 1. The commission shall approve an application for a certificate of local exchange service authority to provide basic local telecommunications service or for the resale of basic local telecommunications service only upon a showing by the applicant, and a finding by the commission, after notice and hearing that the applicant has complied with the certification process established pursuant to section 392.455.  2. In addition, the commission shall adopt such rules, consistent with section 253(b) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 to preserve and advance universal service, protect the public safety and welfare, ensure the continued quality of telecommunications services, and safeguard the rights of consumers. Such rules, at a minimum, shall require that all applicants seeking a certificate to provide basic local telecommunications services under this section:  (1) File and maintain tariffs with the commission in the same manner and form as the commission requires of the incumbent local exchange telecommunications company with which the applicant seeks to compete; and  (2) Meet the minimum service standards as the commission requires of the incumbent local exchange telecommunications company with which the applicant seeks to compete.  3. An alternative local exchange telecommunications company which possesses a certificate of service authority to provide basic local telecommunications service as of August 28, 2008, in some but not all exchanges of the state may request the commission to modify its existing certificate to include some or all of the remaining exchanges in the state. The commission shall grant such request within thirty days of its filing as long as the alternative local exchange telecommunications company is in good standing, in all respects, with all applicable commission rules and requirements.  4. Nothing in this chapter or in chapter 386 is intended to alter the rights and obligations arising under federal law, including the interconnection and unbundling provisions of 47 U.S.C. Sections 251 and 252, irrespective of the type of technology being used by the requesting local exchange telecommunications company and whether the local exchange telecommunications company is providing telecommunications service or interconnected voice over internet protocol service, as those terms are defined in chapter 386, and the jurisdiction and authority of the commission to mediate and arbitrate disputes arising under said federal law provisions shall remain unaffected. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360, A.L. 1996 S.B. 507, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1779)
MO Rev Stat § 392.451 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.451 - State adopts federal exemption for certain rural telephone companies.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   392.451. State adopts federal exemption for certain rural telephone companies. — The state of Missouri hereby adopts and incorporates in total the provisions of section 251(f)(1) of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 providing exemption for certain rural telephone companies. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 507, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1779)
MO Rev Stat § 392.455 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.455 - Commission to establish certification process.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   392.455. Commission to establish certification process. — Upon enactment of this section, the commission shall immediately begin a proceeding to establish a basic local telecommunications certification process. The commission may grant certificates to new entrants to provide basic local telecommunications service on a common carriage basis, subject to the provisions of sections 392.380 and 392.390. In order to preserve and advance universal service, protect the public safety and welfare, insure the continued quality of telecommunications services and safeguard the rights of consumers, such process shall include, but not be limited to:  (1) A requirement that the applicant possess sufficient technical, financial and managerial resources and abilities to provide basic local telecommunications service;  (2) A requirement that the applicant demonstrate that the services it proposes to offer satisfy the minimum standards established by the commission;  (3) A requirement that the applicant set forth the geographic area in which it proposes to offer service and demonstrate that such area follows exchange boundaries of the incumbent local exchange telecommunications company and is no smaller than an exchange;  (4) A requirement that all providers must offer basic local telecommunications service as a separate and distinct service;  (5) A requirement that the commission give due consideration to the equitable access for all Missourians, regardless of where they live or their income, to affordable telecommunications services. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 507)
MO Rev Stat § 392.461 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.461 - Exemption from certain rules, telecommunications companies.

Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 3 histories   392.461. Exemption from certain rules, telecommunications companies. — A telecommunications company may, upon written notice to the commission, elect to be exempt from certain retail rules relating to:  (1) The provision of telecommunications service to retail customers and established by the commission which include provisions already mandated by the Federal Communications Commission, including, but not limited to, federal rules regarding customer proprietary network information, verification of orders for changing telecommunications service providers (slamming), submission or inclusion of charges on customer bills (cramming); or  (2) The installation, provisioning, or termination of retail service. ­­Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a telecommunications company shall not be exempt from any commission rule established under authority delegated to the state commission pursuant to federal statute, rule or order, including, but not limited to, universal service funds, number pooling and conservation efforts, or any authority delegated to the state commission to facilitate or enforce any interconnection obligation or other intercarrier issue, including, but not limited to, intercarrier compensation, network configuration or other such matters. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter or chapter 386, a telecommunications company may, upon written notice to the commission, elect to be exempt from any requirement to file or maintain with the commission any tariff or schedule of rates, rentals, charges, privileges, facilities, rules, regulations, or forms of contract, whether in whole or in part, for telecommunications services offered or provided to residential or business retail end-user customers and instead shall publish generally available retail prices for those services available to the public by posting such prices on a publicly accessible website. A telecommunications company may include in a tariff filed with the commission any, all, or none of the rates, terms, or conditions for any, all, or none of its retail telecommunications services. Nothing in this section shall affect the rights and obligations of any entity, including the commission, established pursuant to federal law, including 47 U.S.C. Sections 251 and 252, any state law, rule, regulation, or order related to wholesale rights and obligations, or any tariff or schedule that is filed with and maintained by the commission. ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 338, A.L. 2013 H.B. 331, A.L. 2014 S.B. 651)
MO Rev Stat § 392.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.470 - Conditions, commission may impose, when — compensation to other companies, when, commission may order.

Effective - 28 Aug 1987   392.470. Conditions, commission may impose, when — compensation to other companies, when, commission may order. — 1. The commission may impose any condition or conditions that it deems reasonable and necessary upon any company providing telecommunications service if such conditions are in the public interest and consistent with the provisions and purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, determining that any such company should provide just and reasonable compensation to one or more other certificated telecommunications companies operating in areas in which the compensating company is providing intrastate telecommunications service without commission authorization. The foregoing authority to determine compensation may be exercised by the commission for any telecommunications service that the compensating company is not authorized to provide, whether or not the provision of the telecommunications service is intentional, unintentional or incidental to any telecommunications service that the compensating company is authorized to provide. The commission may review any certificate of public convenience and necessity issued prior to September 28, 1987, and modify such certificate to impose any reasonable and necessary conditions authorized by this section.  2. An order of the commission issued under subsection 1 of this section which determines that compensation should be provided shall be enforced and subject to continuing enforcement by the circuit courts of this state, unless stayed pending review pursuant to section 386.520. The venue of such an action shall lie in any county in which the subject telecommunications company is providing unauthorized telecommunications service. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360)
MO Rev Stat § 392.475 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.475 - Prohibition of resale, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   392.475. Prohibition of resale, when. — Consistent with the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, including implementing regulations, the commission shall prohibit the resale of a telecommunications service available at retail only to designated categories of subscribers to different categories of subscribers, including a prohibition on the resale of services provided to residential customers to business customers. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 507)
MO Rev Stat § 392.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.480 - Services to be offered under tariff.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   392.480. Services to be offered under tariff. — Except as provided in section 392.520, all telecommunications services offered or provided by telecommunications companies shall be offered under tariff and classified as either competitive, transitionally competitive, or noncompetitive telecommunications services, subject to proper certification and other applicable provisions of this chapter. Any tariff filed with the commission shall indicate whether the telecommunications service to be offered or provided is competitive, transitionally competitive, or noncompetitive. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1779)
MO Rev Stat § 392.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.500 - Changes in rates, competitive telecommunication services, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   392.500. Changes in rates, competitive telecommunication services, procedure. — Except as provided in subsections 2 to 5 of section 392.200, proposed changes in rates or charges, or any classification or tariff provision affecting rates or charges, for any competitive telecommunications service, shall be treated pursuant to this section as follows:  (1) Any proposed decrease in rates or charges, or proposed change in any classification or tariff resulting in a decrease in rates or charges, for any competitive telecommunications service shall be permitted only upon the filing of the proposed rate, charge, classification or tariff after one day's notice to the commission; and  (2) Any proposed increase in rates or charges, or proposed change in any classification or tariff resulting in an increase in rates or charges, for any competitive telecommunications service shall be permitted ten days after the filing of the proposed rate, charge, classification or tariff and upon notice to all potentially affected customers through a notice in each such customer's bill at least ten days prior to the date for implementation of such increase or change, or, where such customers are not billed, by an equivalent means of prior notice. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360, A.L. 2005 S.B. 237)
MO Rev Stat § 392.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.510 - Tariffs, bands and ranges allowed, when, requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   392.510. Tariffs, bands and ranges allowed, when, requirements. — 1. Telecommunications companies may file proposed tariffs for any competitive or transitionally competitive telecommunications service, which includes and specifically describes a range, or band, setting forth a maximum and minimum rate within which range a change in rates or charges for such telecommunications service could be made without prior notice or prior commission approval.  2. The commission may approve such a proposed tariff for a transitionally competitive service only if a noncompetitive or transitionally competitive telecommunications company demonstrates, and the commission finds, that any and all rates or charges within the band or range are consistent with the public interest and the provisions and purposes of this chapter. To the extent any proposed band or range encompasses rates or charges which are not consistent with the public interest and the provisions and purposes of this chapter, the commission shall have the power, upon notice and after hearing, to modify the level, scope or limits of such band or range, as necessary, to ensure that rates or charges resulting therefrom are consistent with the public interest and the provisions and purposes of this chapter.  3. The provisions of sections 392.220, 392.230, and 392.500 shall not apply to any rate increase or decrease within the band or range authorized pursuant to this section. A telecommunications company shall file written notice of the rate change and its effective date with the commission within ten days after the effective date of any increase or decrease authorized pursuant to this section.  4. Any tariffs that have been approved by the commission prior to September 28, 1987, which establish a range or band of rates within which range or band of rates a change in rates or charges for such telecommunications service could be made without prior notice or prior commission approval shall be deemed approved by the commission. The provisions of sections 392.220, 392.230, and 392.500 shall not apply to any rate increase or decrease within such band or range. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1779)
MO Rev Stat § 392.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.520 - Private shared tenant services, coin operated telephone services, regulation of.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   392.520. Private shared tenant services, coin operated telephone services, regulation of. — 1. The commission shall have jurisdiction over the provision of private shared tenant services and customer-owned coin telephone telecommunications services, but shall subject such services to the minimum regulation permitted by this chapter for competitive telecommunications services. The commission shall exempt the provision of private shared and customer-owned coin telephone telecommunications services from the tariff filing requirements of sections 392.220, 392.230, and 392.500 and may exempt the provision of such telecommunications services from the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (3) of section 392.390 and from the provisions of section 386.370.  2. The commission shall establish the rates or charges and terms of connection for access by such services to the local exchange network. In so doing, the commission shall consider the network integrity of the principal provider of local exchange service and the impact of private shared tenant services on the cost to provide, and rates or charges, for local exchange service. If the commission finds, upon notice and investigation, that tenants in private shared tenant services locations have no alternative access to a local exchange telecommunications company providing basic local telecommunications service, it may require the private shared tenant services provider to make alternative facilities available on reasonable terms and conditions at reasonable prices. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1779)
MO Rev Stat § 392.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.530 - Construction of provisions of the chapter.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   392.530. Construction of provisions of the chapter. — Sections 392.361 to 392.520 are enacted in part to clarify and specify the law existing prior to September 28, 1987. Any specific grant of authority to the commission contained in those provisions shall not be construed as indicating or meaning that the commission did not possess such authority under the law existing prior to September 28, 1987. ­­-------- (L. 1987 H.B. 360, A.L. 1996 S.B. 507)
MO Rev Stat § 392.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 392 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies|Section 392.540 - Public service commission to promulgate rules on changes of telecommunications providers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   392.540. Public service commission to promulgate rules on changes of telecommunications providers. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the public service commission shall promulgate rules which shall be effective by January 1, 1999, for the submission or execution of changes by a telecommunications company to a subscriber's selected provider of basic interexchange or basic local telecommunications services, and requiring verification by customers to telecommunication companies for any changes in such customer's telecommunication service. Any rule promulgated shall be consistent with rules prescribed by the Federal Communications Commission pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 258(a). ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1506 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 393.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 393 - Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies|Section 393.010 - Corporations supplying gas, electricity or water — powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1943   393.010. Corporations supplying gas, electricity or water — powers. — Any corporation formed under or subject to chapter 351 or heretofore organized under the laws of Missouri for the purpose of supplying any town, city or village with gas, electricity or water shall have full power to manufacture and sell and to furnish such quantities of gas, electricity or water as may be required by the city, town or village, district or neighborhood where located for public or private buildings or for other purposes, and such corporations shall have the power to lay conductors for conveying gas, electricity or water through the streets, alleys and squares of any city, town or village with the consent of the municipal authorities thereof under such reasonable regulations as such authorities may prescribe, and such companies are authorized to set their poles, piers, abutments, wires and other fixtures along, across or under any of the public roads, streets and waters of this state in such manner as not to incommode the public in the use of such roads, streets and waters. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5369, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 153)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 4962; 1919 § 10172; 1909 § 3367  CROSS REFERENCES:  Corporation to register and file antitrust affidavit, 351.690  Franchise to supply gas, electricity or water within city, granted by city, when, 71.530