Chapter 17 - Telephone and Telegraph Companies
- Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
- § 23-17-101 - Right to construct, operate, and maintain lines -- Damages for occupation of property.
- § 23-17-102 - Railroads may operate telegraphs and telephones -- Authority.
- § 23-17-103 - Condemnation proceedings upon failure to secure right-of-way.
- § 23-17-104 - Right of entry for construction -- Liability for damages.
- § 23-17-105 - Contract for exclusive privileges prohibited.
- § 23-17-106 - Priority of dispatch of messages -- Confidentiality.
- § 23-17-107 - Interception of message -- Injuring equipment -- Penalty.
- § 23-17-108 - Refusal to transmit message -- Penalty.
- § 23-17-109 - [Repealed.]
- § 23-17-110 - Telegraph companies -- Schedule of rates.
- § 23-17-111 - [Repealed.]
- § 23-17-112 - Damages for mental anguish.
- § 23-17-113 - Telephone service to be supplied without discrimination -- Complaint to commission.
- § 23-17-114
- § 23-17-116 - Fee for initiation of residential telephone service to be payable in installments.
- § 23-17-117
- § 23-17-119 - Surcharges to provide telecommunications for deaf and hearing impaired.
- § 23-17-120 - Establishment of calling plans.
- § 23-17-121 - Agreements for special terminating access rates or plans.
- Subchapter 2 - Rural Telecommunications Cooperatives
- § 23-17-201 - Title.
- § 23-17-202 - Definitions.
- § 23-17-203 - [Repealed.]
- § 23-17-204 - Purpose of cooperative.
- § 23-17-205 - Powers of cooperative.
- § 23-17-206 - Jurisdiction of Arkansas Public Service Commission.
- § 23-17-207 - Incorporators.
- § 23-17-208 - Cooperative names.
- § 23-17-209 - Articles of incorporation -- Contents.
- § 23-17-210 - Articles of incorporation -- Execution, filing, and recording.
- § 23-17-211 - Articles of incorporation -- Amendment.
- § 23-17-212 - Certificate of incorporation.
- § 23-17-213 - Organizational meeting.
- § 23-17-214 - Bylaws.
- § 23-17-215 - Qualifications of members.
- § 23-17-216 - Membership fees and capital credits.
- § 23-17-217 - Meetings of members.
- § 23-17-218 - Board of directors generally.
- § 23-17-219 - Board of directors -- Elections -- Term of office -- Vacancies.
- § 23-17-220 - Board of directors -- Meetings.
- § 23-17-221 - Officers, agents, and employees.
- § 23-17-222 - Executive committee.
- § 23-17-223 - Waiver of notice of meeting.
- § 23-17-224 - Consolidation.
- § 23-17-225 - Dissolution.
- § 23-17-226 - Filing fees.
- § 23-17-227 - [Repealed.]
- § 23-17-228 - Nonprofit operation.
- § 23-17-229 - Use of revenues.
- § 23-17-230 - Taxation -- Exemptions.
- § 23-17-231 - Mortgage, pledge, or other disposition of property.
- § 23-17-232 - Recordation of mortgages -- Effect thereof.
- § 23-17-233 - Nonliability of members and shareholders for debts of cooperatives.
- § 23-17-234 - [Repealed.]
- § 23-17-235 - Liabilities of connecting companies or cooperatives.
- § 23-17-236 - Construction standards.
- § 23-17-237 - Limitation of actions.
- § 23-17-238 - Indemnification of directors, officers, employees, or agents -- Insurance.
- § 23-17-239 - Standards of conduct for directors -- Actions taken without board meeting -- Conflicts of interest.
- § 23-17-240 - Unclaimed capital credits and stock.
- § 23-17-241 - Opting out of underground damage coverage.
- § 23-17-242 - Cooperative acquiring another cooperative.
- Subchapter 3 - Universal Telephone Service Act
- Subchapter 4 - Telecommunications Regulatory Reform
- § 23-17-401 - Title.
- § 23-17-402 - Legislative findings.
- § 23-17-403 - Definitions.
- § 23-17-404 - Preservation and promotion of universal service.
- § 23-17-405 - Eligible telecommunications carrier.
- § 23-17-406 - Electing companies.
- § 23-17-407 - Regulation of rates for basic local exchange service and switched-access service of electing companies.
- § 23-17-408 - Regulatory framework for electing companies.
- § 23-17-409 - Authorization of competing local exchange carriers.
- § 23-17-410 - Competing local exchange carriers in service areas of rural telephone companies.
- § 23-17-411 - Regulatory reform.
- § 23-17-412 - Optional alternative regulation of eligible telecommunications companies.
- § 23-17-413 - Optional provision of database to vendors.
- § 23-17-414 - Extended area service.
- § 23-17-415 - Reporting of originating intrastate interexchange telephone numbers.
- § 23-17-416 - Arkansas instrastate carrier common line.
- § 23-17-417 - Arkansas Intrastate Carrier Common Line Pool Advisory Procedural Board.