Kansas Statutes 66-1,143. Radio common carriers; defined; limitation of KCC jurisdiction
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 66-1,143
- Commission: means the state corporation commission. See Kansas Statutes 66-101a
- common carriers: shall include all freight-line companies, equipment companies, pipe-line companies, and all persons and associations of persons, whether incorporated or not, operating such agencies for public use in the conveyance of persons or property within this state. See Kansas Statutes 66-105
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Radio common carrier: means any radio common carrier as defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 66-1,145a
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) As used in this section and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-1,145 and amendments thereto, “radio common carrier” shall include all persons and associations of persons, whether incorporated or not, operating a public “for hire” radio service engaged in the business of providing a service of radio communication, including cellular radio, which is one-way, two-way or multiple, between mobile and base stations, between mobile and land stations, including land line telephones, between mobile stations or between land stations, but not engaged in the business of providing a public land line message telephone service or a public message telegraph service within this state.
(b) Except as provided in this subsection and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-1,145 and amendments thereto, no radio common carrier shall be subject to the jurisdiction, regulation, supervision and control of the state corporation commission. The state corporation commission shall have the power and authority granted by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-1,145 and amendments thereto and the power and authority to regulate and control radio common carriers whenever it is necessary to protect the public interest against cross-subsidization of competitive goods or services by monopoly goods and services.