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2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-407 - CROSSINGS AND CATTLE GUARDS.

62-407. CROSSINGS AND CATTLE GUARDS. It shall be the duty of every railroad company whose line runs through or across any desert or other unoccupied territory, to keep and maintain suitable crossings and cattle guards, wherever any public highway or publicly traveled road crosses the same, and to place gates at convenient intervals not exceeding four (4) miles apart, for the crossing of the same wherever there are no roads within such distances.
History:
[(62-407) 1907, p. 324, sec. 2; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2816; C.S., sec. 4815; I.C.A., sec. 60-407.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-408 - CLAIM FOR DAMAGES.

62-408. CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. Any person claiming damages under section 62-406[, Idaho Code,] must serve notice of his claim in writing signed by such person, or some one in his behalf, upon any station agent, ticket agent, or other agent of such railroad company or corporation, within six (6) months after the alleged damage is done, and all suits for such damage must be commenced within one (1) year after the service of such notice.
History:
[(62-408) 1907, p. 324, sec. 3; reen. R.C., sec. 2817; am. 1911, ch. 223, sec. 2, p. 707; reen. C.L., sec. 2817; C.S., sec. 4816; I.C.A., sec. 60-408.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-409 - RECOVERY OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES.

62-409. RECOVERY OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES. In all suits under section 62-406[, Idaho Code,] if the plaintiff recover any damages he shall also be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees, together with his costs of suit.
History:
[(62-409) 1907, p. 324, sec. 4; reen. R.C., sec. 2818; am. 1911, ch. 223, sec. 3, p. 708; reen. C.L., sec. 2818; C.S., sec. 4817; I.C.A., sec. 60-409.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-410 - BOOK OF DESCRIPTIONS OF STOCK KILLED.

62-410. BOOK OF DESCRIPTIONS OF STOCK KILLED. Every railroad company must keep a book at a principal station in each county into or through which its road runs, to be designated by the company, and a notice of the station so designated must be filed with the recorder of the county in which the station is located; and every such company must cause to be entered in said book, within fifteen (15) days after the killing or maiming of any animal, a description as nearly as may be of such animal, its color, age, marks and brands, and keep said book subject to public inspection. Should any company fail to keep such book, or to file such notice in the manner herein provided, or to enter therein such description of any animal maimed or killed, for a period of fifteen (15) days thereafter, such company is liable to the owner of such animal for twice the value thereof.
History:
[(62-410) R.S., sec. 2681; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2819; C.S., sec. 4818; I.C.A., 60-410.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-411 - DISPOSAL OF CARCASS.

62-411. DISPOSAL OF CARCASS. In case of maiming or killing any cattle, sheep or hog, the body of the animal belongs to the company, unless the owner elects, within twelve (12) hours, to take the same in satisfaction or reduction of damages. The company may proceed to take care of and preserve the body of such animal, and must, unless taken by the owner, take off enough of the hide to show distinctly any brands on such animal, also both ears, including the hide between the ears, and in such way as to keep the ears together, and the pieces of hide so taken off, and the ears of each animal, must be attached together and preserved for at least three (3) months for inspection at the station house nearest to the place where such killing or maiming occurred. For every failure so to keep any such pieces of hide and ears for inspection, the company, in addition to the damages to the owner, forfeits $100, to be recovered in an action in the name of the state, in any court of competent jurisdiction, one-half to be paid into the school fund of the county, and the residue to the informer.
History:
[(62-411) R.S., sec. 2682 (see 1888-1889, p. 45); reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2820; C.S., sec. 4819; I.C.A., sec. 60-411.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-412 - BELL OR WHISTLE.

62-412. BELL OR WHISTLE. The operator of a train or locomotive is not required to sound the locomotive’s bell, horn or whistle when approaching any location at which the railroad crosses a private highway, private road or private street at grade.
History:
[(62-412) R.S., sec. 2683; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2821; C.S., sec. 4820; am. 1929, ch. 50, sec. 1, p. 69; I.C.A., 60-412; am. 1974, ch. 156, sec. 1, p. 1387; am. 2007, ch. 255, sec. 1, p. 760.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-413 - EJECTION OF PASSENGERS FOR MISCONDUCT — PENALTY FOR EMPLOYEE’S VIOLATIONS.

62-413. EJECTION OF PASSENGERS FOR MISCONDUCT — PENALTY FOR EMPLOYEE’S VIOLATIONS. If any passenger on any railroad train refuses to pay his fare, or to exhibit or surrender his ticket, when reasonably requested so to do, or uses abusive, vulgar, obscene or profane language in a car occupied by other passengers, or makes his presence offensive or unsafe to the said passengers, or if any trespasser be found on any car or train, the conductor and employees of the railway company may put him and his baggage out of the cars or off the train, using no unnecessary force, at any station of the railway company operating such train, which is open at the time of such ejection, on stopping the train, but not otherwise.
Any conductor or employee of any railway company violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the railway company shall be liable for all damages caused thereby.
History:
[(62-413) R.S., sec. 2684; reen. R.C., sec. 2822; am. 1911, ch. 188, sec. 1, p. 620; reen. C.L., sec. 2822; C.S., sec. 4821; I.C.A., sec. 60-413.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-418 - RAILROADS AND OTHER CARRIERS — EMPLOYEE INSPECTING SHIPMENTS TO GIVE SHIPPER COPY OF REPORT.

62-418. RAILROADS AND OTHER CARRIERS — EMPLOYEE INSPECTING SHIPMENTS TO GIVE SHIPPER COPY OF REPORT. Every inspector, agent or employee of any steam or electric railroad or other public carrier who inspects any car or consignment of fruit, grain, livestock, or other agricultural or farm product, originating in the state of Idaho prior to shipment, to ascertain the condition thereof, shall at the time of such inspection on demand of shipper or consignor deliver to the shipper or consignor a true copy or copies, duly signed by him, of any and all reports or certificates by him made or rendered to such public carrier, as to the condition of the contents of such car or consignment.
History:
[(62-418) 1923, ch. 132, sec. 1, p. 193; I.C.A., sec. 60-418.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-419 - PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO GIVE REPORT OR MAKING FALSE REPORT.

62-419. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO GIVE REPORT OR MAKING FALSE REPORT. Every inspector, agent or employee of any such public carrier who, upon making such an inspection, shall on demand of shipper or consignor fail to deliver to the shipper or consignor at such time a true copy of each and every report or certificate by him made concerning the condition of the car or consignment about to be shipped, and every such inspecting agent who shall wilfully make or cause to be made or published in any such report or certificate any false statement as to the condition of the livestock or commodity by him so inspected, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding $300 for each offense.
History:
[(62-419) 1923, ch. 132, sec. 2, p. 193; I.C.A., sec. 60-419.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-420 - “TRACK MOTOR CARS” DEFINED.

62-420. "TRACK MOTOR CARS" DEFINED. As used in this act, the term "track motor cars," means all power propelled speeders and motor cars which can be lifted on and off the track by hand.
History:
[62-420, added 1953, ch. 89, sec. 1, p. 119.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-421 - EQUIPMENT OF TRACK MOTOR CARS WITH SPECIFIED ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

62-421. EQUIPMENT OF TRACK MOTOR CARS WITH SPECIFIED ELECTRIC LIGHTS. Every individual, firm or corporation, operating or controlling any railroad which is a common carrier shall equip each of its track motor cars operated during the period thirty (30) minutes before sunset to thirty (30) minutes after sunrise with:
(1) An electric headlight of sufficient candle power to enable the operator of the car to plainly discern any track obstruction, landmark, warning sign or grade crossing at a distance not less than 300 feet.
(2) A red rear electric light of sufficient candle power to be plainly visible at a distance not less than 300 feet.
History:
[62-421, added 1953, ch. 89, sec. 2, p. 119.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-422 - EQUIPMENT OF TRACK MOTOR CARS.

62-422. EQUIPMENT OF TRACK MOTOR CARS. Every individual, firm or corporation, operating or controlling any railroad which is a common carrier shall equip each of its track motor cars with:
(1) A windshield, with a transparent section, or sections, of sufficient height and width to reasonably protect the occupants of the car, and equipped with a device, which must be kept in good working order, with which the operator can clean rain, snow and other moisture from the windshield.
(2) A canopy or top adequate to protect the occupants of the car from sun, rain, snow or other inclement weather.
(3) A first aid kit to be maintained with sufficient supplies to render ordinary first aid to the usual number of occupants of the car.
History:
[62-422, added 1953, ch. 89, sec. 3, p. 119.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-423 - VIOLATIONS AS TO EQUIPMENT PENALIZED.

62-423. VIOLATIONS AS TO EQUIPMENT PENALIZED. Violation of any of the provisions of sections 62-421 and 62-422[, Idaho Code,] is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $100 for each offense.
History:
[62-423, added 1953, ch. 89, sec. 4, p. 119.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 4 - OPERATION OF RAILROADS › Section 62-424 - HEARING ON ABANDONMENT.

62-424. HEARING ON ABANDONMENT. (1) Whenever any railroad proposes to abandon any branch line or main line now in operation within the state of Idaho, the railroad shall file notice of the intended abandonment with the public utilities commission. The public utilities commission shall schedule a public hearing on the proposed abandonment. If the hearing results in a finding by the commission that the abandonment of the branch line or main line would adversely affect the area then being served and that there is reason to believe that the closure would impair the access of Idaho communities to vital goods and services and market access to those communities and that the line has potential for profitability, then the public utilities commission shall transmit a report of its findings to the United States surface transportation board on behalf of the people of the state of Idaho.
(2) The Idaho public utilities commission shall continue to intervene in federal surface transportation board abandonment proceedings when necessary to protect the state’s interest.
History:
[62-424, added 1985, ch. 82, sec. 1, p. 157; am. 1997, ch. 371, sec. 1, p. 1184; am. 2001, ch. 348, sec. 3, p. 1227.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-601 - SHORT TITLE.

62-601. SHORT TITLE. This chapter shall be known and may be referred to as the "Telecommunications Act of 1988."
History:
[62-601, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 359.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-602 - LEGISLATIVE INTENT.

62-602. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (1) The legislature of the state of Idaho hereby finds that universally available telecommunications services are essential to the health, welfare and economic well-being of the citizens of the state of Idaho and there is a need for establishing legislation to protect and maintain high-quality universal telecommunications at just and reasonable rates for all classes of customers and to encourage innovation within the industry by a balanced program of regulation and competition.
(2) It is the intent of this legislature that effective competition throughout a local exchange calling area will involve a significant number of customers having both service provider and service option choices and that actual competition means more than the mere presence of a competitor. Instead, for there to be actual and effective competition there needs to be substantive and meaningful competition throughout the incumbent telephone corporation’s local exchange calling area.
(3) It is the further intent of the legislature that the commission, in its deliberation of deregulation of the incumbent telephone corporations, will examine the impact such deregulation will have on the public interest in accordance with the general grant of authority given to the commission by the legislature and that all parties be allowed to comment thereon in such proceeding.
(4) The legislature further finds that the telecommunications industry is in a state of transition from a regulated public utility industry to a competitive industry. The legislature encourages the development of open competition in the telecommunications industry in accordance with provisions of Idaho law and consistent with the federal telecommunications act of 1996.
(5) The commission shall administer these statutes with respect to telecommunication rates and services in accordance with these policies and applicable federal law.
(6) The legislature further finds that it is consistent with the public interest, convenience and necessity that the obligation of certain rural telephone companies to comply with the requirements of section 251(c) of the telecommunications act of 1996 should be suspended upon petition of the affected telephone company, based upon the following legislative findings that the suspension is necessary:
(a) To avoid a significant economic impact on users of telecommunications services generally in areas served by the rural telephone companies;
(b) To avoid imposing requirements that are unduly economically burdensome; or
(c) To avoid imposing requirements which are technically infeasible.
History:
[62-602, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 359; am. 1997, ch. 192, sec. 2, p. 540.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-604 - APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.

62-604. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
(1) (a) Any telephone corporation, except any mutual nonprofit or cooperative telephone corporation, which did not, on January 1, 1988, hold a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the commission and, which does not provide basic local exchange service, shall, on and after the effective date of this act, be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall be exempt from the provisions of title 61, Idaho Code.
(b) All telephone corporations, as set forth in subsection (1)(a) of this section, shall file a notice with the commission, which notice shall set forth the following information:
(i) the name of the telephone corporation and the address of its principal place of business within the state;
(ii) a description of the telecommunication services offered by such telephone corporation and the area served by it or in which it offers telecommunication services.
(c) Such notice shall be filed on or before the 1st day of January of each year following the effective date of this act.
(2) Any telephone corporation holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity on January 1, 1988, issued by the commission pursuant to title 61, Idaho Code, may, pursuant to section 62-605, Idaho Code:
(a) elect to exclude all, or part of its telecommunication services from regulation pursuant to title 61, Idaho Code, and such excluded telecommunication services shall thereafter be subject to the provisions of this chapter, except for the provisions of section 62-622(1) through (3), Idaho Code;
(b) notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a telephone corporation which, pursuant to section 61-538, Idaho Code, was, prior to the effective date of this chapter, subject to the provisions of such section, shall continue to be subject to the provisions of section 61-538, Idaho Code, notwithstanding such telephone corporation is subject to the provisions of this chapter.
History:
[62-604, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 360; am. 2005, ch. 200, sec. 1, p. 605.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-606 - REQUIREMENT FOR PRICE LIST OR TARIFF FILING — WITHDRAWAL OF TARIFFS OR PRICE LISTS.

62-606. REQUIREMENT FOR PRICE LIST OR TARIFF FILING — WITHDRAWAL OF TARIFFS OR PRICE LISTS. (1) All telephone corporations which provide message telecommunication services, WATS service or access to their local exchange network for the provision of such services by the use of special access or private line access and switched access, or their equivalents, shall file with the commission, for information purposes, tariffs or price lists which reflect the availability, price, and terms and conditions for those services. Changes to such tariffs or price lists, except as hereinafter provided, shall be effective not less than ten (10) days after filing with the commission, and giving public notice to affected customers. Changes to tariffs or price lists that are for nonrecurring services and that are quoted directly to the customer when an order is placed, or changes that result in price reductions, shall be effective immediately upon filing with the commission and no other public notice shall be required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, telephone corporations shall not be required to file tariffs or price lists for any services provided to business customers.
(2) Upon written notice to the commission and to its business customers, and after posting the rates, terms and conditions of its services on the carrier’s public website, a telephone corporation may withdraw any tariff or price list not required to be filed under the provisions of this section, provided:
(a) The carrier continues to maintain the rates, terms and conditions of its services on the company’s public website;
(b) The commission maintains access to such terms and conditions of the telephone corporation’s service; and
(c) Nothing in this section overrides the commission’s existing authority pursuant to section 62-616, Idaho Code, to resolve customer complaints.
History:
[62-606, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 362; am. 1993, ch. 208, sec. 1, p. 570; am. 2011, ch. 312, sec. 1, p. 905.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-607 - AVERAGING OF MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE RATES.

62-607. AVERAGING OF MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE RATES. Each provider of message telecommunication service which is subject to the provisions of the [this] chapter, shall average its rates for such service on its routes of similar distance within the state of Idaho unless otherwise authorized by the commission. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit volume discounts, or other discounts in promotional offerings.
History:
[62-607, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 362.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-607A - PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY A TELEPHONE CORPORATION.

62-607A. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY A TELEPHONE CORPORATION. (1) No incumbent telephone corporation, or eligible telecommunications carrier as defined in section 62-610B(1), Idaho Code, shall require a residential or small business customer, as a condition of receiving basic local exchange service, to purchase or subscribe to telecommunication services other than one (1) access line for the provision of basic local exchange service.
(2) A telephone corporation that has made the election provided in sections 62-604 and 62-605, Idaho Code, with reference to basic local exchange service, shall not increase its stand-alone basic local exchange rate to residential or small business customers in any local exchange calling area to an amount that is higher than that telephone corporation’s stand-alone basic local exchange rate for residential or small business customers in the local exchange calling area having the highest number of basic local exchange service residential or business customers served by the telephone corporation within the state.
(3) "Stand-alone basic local exchange rate," as used herein, means the monthly charge made by a telephone corporation to a residential or small business basic local exchange service customer for a single line that is not included in a package of services or price discounted in a promotional offering. "Stand-alone basic local exchange rate" does not include any charges resulting from action by a federal agency or taxes or surcharge imposed by a governmental body that are separately itemized and billed by a telephone corporation to its customers.
History:
[62-607A, added 2005, ch. 200, sec. 3, p. 608.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-608 - COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE INTERCONNECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES.

62-608. COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE INTERCONNECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES. A telephone corporation providing basic local exchange service shall not be required to provide message telecommunication services. In the event a telephone corporation which provides basic local exchange service does not have interconnection with a provider of message telecommunication services, the commission may order any provider of message telecommunication service in the state to interconnect with that telephone corporation upon such terms as will be just and equitable to such provider.
History:
[62-608, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 362.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-608A - INTERLATA SERVICE RESTRICTIONS.

62-608A. INTERLATA SERVICE RESTRICTIONS. (1) As used in this section:
(a) "Dialing parity" means the provision of dialing arrangements and other service characteristics by a telephone corporation subject to interLATA telecommunication service restrictions, to a telephone corporation which is not subject to interLATA telecommunication service restriction, which dialing arrangements and other service characteristics are equivalent in type and quality to those provided by the telephone corporation subject to interLATA telecommunication service restrictions in its provision of message telecommunication services to its subscribers;
(b) "InterLATA telecommunication service restrictions" means the restrictions upon interexchange telecommunication services contained in section II(D)(1) of the Modification of Final Judgment entered in the case of the United States v. Western Electric Co., 552 F. Supp. 131 (D.D.C. 1982), and section V(C)(1) of the Final Judgment entered in the case of the United States v. GTE Corporation, 1985-1 Trade Cs. (CCH) P66, 355 (D.D.C. Dec. 21, 1984).
(c) "LATA" (Local Access and Transport Area), means the geographical area within which a telephone corporation may provide message telecommunication services without violating interLATA telecommunication service restrictions.
(2) A telephone corporation providing basic local exchange service, which also provides message telecommunication services and is subject to interLATA telecommunication service restrictions, shall not be required to provide dialing parity to other telephone corporations for the provision of intraLATA message telecommunication services until such telephone corporation is also permitted to provide interstate and intrastate interLATA and intraLATA message telecommunication services on an integrated basis, and is not subject to interLATA telecommunication service restrictions.
History:
[62-608A, added 1995, ch. 60, sec. 1, p. 133.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-609 - IMPUTED AND NONDISCRIMINATORY ACCESS CHARGES — COMMISSION AUTHORITY.

62-609. IMPUTED AND NONDISCRIMINATORY ACCESS CHARGES — COMMISSION AUTHORITY. (1) A telephone corporation, which provides basic local exchange service, and which also provides message telecommunications service shall impute to itself its prices of special access or private line access and switched access for the use of essential facilities used in the provision of message telecommunications service, special access or private line access services and WATS service or their equivalents. Such imputation shall be in the aggregate on a service by service basis. All other providers of message telecommunications service, special access or private line access services and WATS service or their equivalents shall impute to themselves, in the aggregate on a service by service basis, their individual cost of special or switched access or its equivalent in their pricing.
The commission shall define in an appropriate proceeding what are essential facilities for the purpose of this subsection and shall resolve any dispute which may arise under this subsection.
(2) Telecommunication services which are subject to the provisions of this chapter and which services utilize special or switched access, shall be made available by the telephone corporation for resale. No telephone corporation shall, as to its prices or charges for or the provision of such services, make or grant any preference or advantage to any telephone corporation or to a provider of services exempted from regulation under section 62-603(13), Idaho Code, or subject any telephone corporation or any provider of services exempted from regulation under section 62-603(13), Idaho Code, to any prejudice or competitive disadvantage with respect to its prices or charges for providing access to its local exchange network nor establish or maintain any unreasonable difference as to its prices or charges for access to its local exchange network.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 62-614, Idaho Code, if, after negotiation, a dispute under this section exists between or among telephone corporations or between or among telephone corporation(s) and provider(s) of services exempted from regulation under section 62-603(13), Idaho Code, such dispute shall be determined by the commission upon petition of any affected telephone corporation or provider(s) of services exempted from regulation under section 62-603(13), Idaho Code.
Information disclosed to the commission for resolution of disputes under this section shall be provided by the telephone corporations with appropriate safeguards for the protection of business or trade secrets.
History:
[62-609, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 362; am. 1999, ch. 114, sec. 3, p. 344.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-610A - PURPOSE.

62-610A. PURPOSE. The purpose of this act is to authorize the Idaho public utilities commission to establish a competitively and technologically neutral funding mechanism which will operate in coordination with federal universal service support mechanisms. All consumers in this state, without regard to their location, should have comparable accessibility to basic telecommunication services at just and reasonable rates.
History:
[62-610A, added 1998, ch. 37, sec. 2, p. 159.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-610B - DEFINITIONS.

62-610B. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of section 62-610, Idaho Code, and sections 62-610A through 62-610F, Idaho Code, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Eligible telecommunications carrier" means a telecommunications carrier designated by the commission who has the obligation to provide universal service throughout the service area for which the designation is received.
(2) "Fund" means the Idaho telecommunications universal service fund established by the commission pursuant to sections 62-610A and 62-610F, Idaho Code.
(3) "Service area" means a geographic area designated by the commission for the purpose of determining universal service obligations of eligible telecommunications carriers. In the case of a rural telephone company "service area" means the company’s "study area(s)" as established by the federal communications commission and the public utilities commission.
(4) "Support area" means a geographic area designated by the commission as a high-cost area for which eligible telecommunications carrier(s) serving such area may receive financial assistance from the universal service fund. The commission shall consider population distribution, geographic factors, cost model capabilities and other relevant considerations in making such a determination.
(5) "Telecommunications carrier" means a telephone corporation providing telecommunication services for compensation within this state, and shall, for the purposes of sections 62-610A through 62-610F, Idaho Code, include municipal, cooperative or mutual telephone companies and telecommunications companies providing wireless, cellular, personal communications services and mobile radio services for compensation.
(6) "Universal service" means basic local exchange service and other telecommunication services designated by the commission as services which should be widely available to consumers in all regions of the state at just and reasonable rates.
(7) All other terms, words or phrases shall have the meaning set forth in section 62-603, Idaho Code.
History:
[62-610B, added 1998, ch. 37, sec. 3, p. 159; am. 1999, ch. 114, sec. 4, p. 345.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-610C - UNIVERSAL SERVICE.

62-610C. UNIVERSAL SERVICE. (1) Universal service is an evolving level of telecommunication services to which consumers in all regions of the state should have access.
(2) The commission shall review the level of telecommunication services within the state on a periodic basis and designate those service(s) which should be made available to consumers by eligible telecommunications carriers to meet their obligation to provide universal service. The commission shall, if services in addition to basic local exchange service are to be designated, consider the extent to which such other telecommunication services:
(a) Have, through the operation of market choices by customers, been subscribed to by a substantial majority of residential customers;
(b) Are being deployed in public telecommunications networks by telecommunications carriers; and
(c) Are consistent with the public interest, convenience and necessity.
(d) The commission shall also consider definitions of universal service adopted by the federal communications commission pursuant to the telecommunications act of 1996.
History:
[62-610C, added 1998, ch. 37, sec. 4, p. 160.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-610D - ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS.

62-610D. ELIGIBLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS. (1) Only a telecommunications carrier designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier by the commission shall be eligible to receive universal service fund support.
(2) The commission shall upon its own motion or upon request designate a telecommunications carrier that meets the requirements of subsection (3) of this section as an eligible telecommunications carrier for a service area designated by the commission. Upon request and consistent with the public interest, convenience and necessity, the commission may, in the case of an area served by a rural telephone company, and shall, in the case of all other areas, designate more than one (1) telecommunications carrier as an eligible telecommunications carrier for a service area designated by the commission, so long as the requesting telecommunications carrier meets the requirements set forth in this section. Before designating an additional eligible telecommunications carrier for an area served by a rural telephone company, the commission shall find that the designation is in the public interest.
(3) A telecommunications carrier requesting designation as an eligible telecommunications carrier shall, throughout the service area for which the designation is made:
(a) Offer the services which are within the definition of universal service adopted by the commission, using its own facilities or a combination of its own facilities and resale of another telecommunications carrier’s services (including the services offered by another eligible telecommunications carrier); and
(b) Advertise the availability of such services and the charges therefor using media of general distribution.
(c) For the purpose of being eligible to receive support from the fund, the eligible telecommunications carrier shall also offer low-income telecommunication services pursuant to chapter 9, title 56, Idaho Code.
(4) The commission shall permit an eligible telecommunications carrier to relinquish its designation as such a carrier in any area served by more than one (1) eligible telecommunications carrier. An eligible telecommunications carrier that seeks to relinquish its eligible telecommunications carrier designation for an area served by more than one (1) eligible telecommunications carrier shall give no less than thirty (30) days notice to the commission of its intent to relinquish such designation. Prior to permitting a telecommunications carrier designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier to cease providing universal service in an area served by more than one (1) eligible telecommunications carrier, the commission shall require the remaining eligible telecommunications carrier or carriers to ensure that all customers served by the relinquishing carrier will continue to be served.
History:
[62-610D, added 1998, ch. 37, sec. 5, p. 160.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-610E - DESIGNATING SERVICE AND SUPPORT AREAS.

62-610E. DESIGNATING SERVICE AND SUPPORT AREAS. The commission shall designate geographic service areas for the purpose of determining universal service obligations of eligible telecommunications carriers. The commission shall also designate geographic support areas for the purpose of determining areas for which financial assistance shall be made available from the fund to assist eligible telecommunications carriers to meet universal service obligations.
History:
[62-610E, added 1998, ch. 37, sec. 6, p. 161.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-610F - HIGH-COST SUPPORT — ADMINISTRATION — TRANSITION.

62-610F. HIGH-COST SUPPORT — ADMINISTRATION — TRANSITION. (1) The commission shall establish a universal service fund to enable eligible telecommunications carriers to make universal service widely available to all persons within the state of Idaho at reasonable rates. Eligible telecommunication carriers receiving financial support shall use that support only for the provision, maintenance and upgrading of services and facilities for which the support is intended.
(2) The commission shall initiate a proceeding to determine and adopt the appropriate methodology and mechanisms to collect and distribute financial assistance which are specific, predictable and sufficient in conjunction with federal universal service support mechanisms to preserve and advance universal service within the state of Idaho. Revenue for the fund shall be collected through a uniform universal service fund surcharge as calculated by the commission. The surcharge shall be imposed on end users of all retail telecommunication services originating and terminating within the state of Idaho and collected by the telecommunications carrier providing telecommunication services to such end user. Disbursements from the fund shall be used to defray the costs, as determined by the commission, of providing universal service to customers within a geographic support area. Those costs shall be calculated using a forward-looking cost methodology. When providing disbursements from the fund, the commission shall take such actions as may be necessary to prevent redundant cost recovery by recipients of such funds including the reduction of access charges subject to title 61 or 62, Idaho Code.
(3) The commission shall establish procedures to administer the universal service fund and shall contract with a neutral third party for administration of the fund. The administrator shall perform the duties required by the commission including data gathering, collecting the surcharge revenues, disbursing funds, and notifying the commission of any fund violations.
(4) The commission shall develop procedures and provide for a transition period to begin no earlier than January 1, 2001, for rural telephone companies to replace funding available pursuant to section 62-610, Idaho Code, with the funding mechanism established pursuant to this section for the support of universal service.
History:
[62-610F, added 1998, ch. 37, sec. 7, p. 162; am. 1999, ch. 114, sec. 5, p. 346; am. 2000, ch. 158, sec. 1, p. 400.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-611 - REGULATORY FEES.

62-611. REGULATORY FEES. Telephone corporations whose services are subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall pay to the commission a special regulatory fee to be determined by the commission, pursuant to procedures set forth in chapter 10, title 61, Idaho Code, in such amount as may be necessary to defray the amount to be expended by the commission for expenses in supervising and regulating telephone corporations pursuant to this chapter.
History:
[62-611, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 365.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-612 - RESTRICTION ON WITHDRAWAL OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE.

62-612. RESTRICTION ON WITHDRAWAL OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE. (1) A telephone corporation subject to this chapter which provides basic local exchange or message telecommunication service, may not withdraw or otherwise discontinue such service to a local exchange area unless one or more alternative telephone corporations are furnishing the respective telecommunication service or equivalent service to the customers in such local exchange area at the time such service is withdrawn or otherwise discontinued.
(2) A telephone corporation proposing to withdraw or otherwise discontinue the services set forth in subsection (1) of this section to a local exchange area shall file a notice of such withdrawal or discontinuance of service with the commission and shall publish a notice of such withdrawal in a legal newspaper circulated within the local exchange area, and provide such other reasonable notice as may be required by the commission.
(3) Any person or telephone corporation affected by a withdrawal or discontinuance of such services by a telephone corporation subject to this chapter, may within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of the notice apply to the commission to determine whether such withdrawal or discontinuance of service is authorized pursuant to this section.
History:
[62-612, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 365.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-613 - SUBSIDIZATION OF CERTAIN SERVICES NOT ALLOWED.

62-613. SUBSIDIZATION OF CERTAIN SERVICES NOT ALLOWED. A telephone corporation may not subsidize nonprice-regulated telecommunication services with those telecommunication services price-regulated by the commission pursuant to this chapter or to title 61, Idaho Code. The commission shall not require revenues earned from nonprice-regulated services or affiliates to be attributed to basic local exchange services, nor permit expenses incurred in producing the revenues to be attributed to the cost of providing basic local exchange services. Provided, payments to the universal service fund established by state or federal law shall not be considered to be a violation of this section.
History:
[62-613, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 365; am. 1997, ch. 192, sec. 4, p. 543.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-614 - RESOLUTION OF INTER-TELEPHONE CORPORATION DISPUTES.

62-614. RESOLUTION OF INTER-TELEPHONE CORPORATION DISPUTES. (1) If a telephone corporation providing basic local exchange service which has exercised the election provided in section 62-604(2)(a), Idaho Code, and any other telephone corporation subject to title 61, Idaho Code, or any mutual, nonprofit or cooperative telephone corporation, are unable to agree on any matter relating to telecommunication issues between such companies, then either telephone corporation may apply to the commission for determination of the matter.
(2) Upon receipt of the application, the commission shall have jurisdiction to conduct an investigation, and upon request of either party, to conduct a hearing and, based upon evidence presented to the commission, to issue its findings and order determining such dispute in accordance with applicable provisions of law and in a manner which shall best serve the public interest.
History:
[62-614, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 365.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-615 - AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT — SUSPENSION OF OBLIGATIONS OF RURAL CARRIERS — PROMULGATION OF RULES OR PROCEDURES.

62-615. AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT — SUSPENSION OF OBLIGATIONS OF RURAL CARRIERS — PROMULGATION OF RULES OR PROCEDURES. (1) The commission shall have full power and authority to implement the federal telecommunications act of 1996, including, but not limited to, the power to establish unbundled network element charges in accordance with the act.
(2) Upon petition of a rural telephone company with fewer than two percent (2%) of the nation’s subscriber lines installed in the aggregate nationwide, the commission shall suspend the petitioner’s obligations pursuant to section 251(c) of the telecommunications act of 1996. The period of suspension shall be determined by the commission, consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity, provided that such suspension shall be for a period of not less than three (3) years nor more than five (5) years. All other suspensions, modifications or exemptions pursuant to the telecommunications act of 1996 shall be committed to the commission’s discretion.
(3) The commission may promulgate rules and/or procedures necessary to carry out the duties authorized or required by the federal telecommunications act of 1996.
History:
[62-615, added 1997, ch. 192, sec. 6, p. 544.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-616 - COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE SUBSCRIBER COMPLAINTS.

62-616. COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO RESOLVE SUBSCRIBER COMPLAINTS. The commission shall have the authority to investigate and resolve complaints made by subscribers to telecommunication services which are subject to the provisions of this chapter which concern the quality and availability of local exchange service, or whether price and conditions of service are in conformance with filed tariffs or price lists, deposit requirements for such service or disconnection of such service by telephone corporations subject to the provisions of this chapter. The commission may, by order, render its decision granting or denying in whole or in part the subscriber’s complaint or providing such other relief as is reasonable based on the evidence presented to the commission at the hearing. Any final order of the commission entered pursuant to this section may be enforced against any telephone corporation by an affected person or by the commission.
History:
[62-616, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 367.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-616A - DUTY OF TELEPHONE COMPANY TO CUSTOMERS RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES BY A THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER.

62-616A. DUTY OF TELEPHONE COMPANY TO CUSTOMERS RELATING TO UNAUTHORIZED CHARGES BY A THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER. If a customer of a telephone corporation, whether subject to the provisions of this chapter or title 61, Idaho Code, notifies the telephone corporation that an unauthorized charge from a third-party service provider has been included on the telephone customer’s bill by the telephone corporation, the telephone corporation shall remove the disputed charge from the bill and shall credit to the customer any amounts for unauthorized charges, whether paid or unpaid, that were billed by the telephone corporation on behalf of the third-party service provider during the period of six (6) months prior to the customer’s notification to the telephone corporation that unauthorized charges from a third-party service provider have been included on the telephone corporation customer’s bill. Nothing contained herein shall restrict the right of the telephone corporation to recover credited charges from the third-party service provider.
History:
[62-616A, added 2005, ch. 200, sec. 4, p. 608.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-617 - TELEPHONE CORPORATION ANTITRUST LIABILITY.

62-617. TELEPHONE CORPORATION ANTITRUST LIABILITY. No action under the antitrust laws or any other provision or doctrine of law of the state of Idaho shall lie against a telephone corporation for providing service in compliance with any order of the commission. Provided however, this section shall not apply to the provision of any service for which the commission has approved or acknowledged an election pursuant to section 62-605(1), Idaho Code, except to the extent such service thereafter is the subject of a specific commission order pursuant to title 62, Idaho Code.
History:
[62-617, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 367; am. 2005, ch. 200, sec. 5, p. 608.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 62 - RAILROADS AND OTHER PUBLIC UTILITIES › Chapter 6 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1988 › Section 62-618 - PREEMPTION.

62-618. PREEMPTION. The provisions of this chapter preempt, eliminate, and prohibit any economic, franchise or licensing regulation of telephone corporations subject to this chapter by cities, counties, incorporated or unincorporated areas, special use districts, or any other local governmental entity, of any kind.
History:
[62-618, added 1988, ch. 195, sec. 1, p. 367.]