A telephone company furnishing public telephone or telegraph service, including any telephone cooperative operating in the state, shall file with the commission an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity. The commission shall grant a certificate only to the extent of territory served and shall define such area on a map. Operations for which no application has been made are unlawful.
§ 63-9-4 NMSA 1978
Certificate for operations
Known as the Telephone and Telegraph Company Certification Act
The act spans §§ 63–63 (16 sections).
1953 Comp., § 69-10-4, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 292, § 4; 1998, ch. 108, § 55.
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