Printable Format66-1,145. Same; interconnection of system with telephone facilities; interconnection by agreement or by order of commission. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each radio common carrier may interconnect its common carrier radio telephone facilities with the telephone facilities of the telephone public utility certificated to serve the exchange area in which the base station of the radio common carrier is located if an agreement can be reached between the radio common carrier and the telephone public utility providing for such interconnection. When such an agreement cannot be reached between the radio common carrier and the telephone public utility, the radio common carrier may petition the state corporation commission for the right of interconnection and if the commission finds that a necessity exists therefor such interconnection shall be ordered by the commission on such reasonable terms as shall be established and prescribed by the commission.
History: L. 1969, ch. 302, § 4; L. 1985, ch. 224, § 6; L. 1987, ch. 256, § 4; L. 1988, ch. 264, § 3; July 1.
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Mentioned in affirming state corporation commission's authority and jurisdiction over radio common carriers. General Communications System, Inc. v. State Corporation Commission, 216 Kan. 410, 412, 532 P.2d 1341.
2. Radio common carrier not considered a public utility for property tax purposes. In re Appeal of Topeka SMSA Ltd. Partnership, 260 Kan. 154, 160, 917 P.2d 827 (1996).