Bill 49 (Legislature 16, Session 4)

L16 S4 4887

Alberta — Bills

1971 Bill 49 Fourth Session, 16th Legislature, 20 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY or ALBJl1I>:M BILL 49

An Act to amend The Alberta Government Telephones Act 'THE MINISTER OF TELEPHONES First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. . Second Reading ............................ . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 49 1971

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT TELEPHONES ACT (Assented to , 1971) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Alberta Golvernment Telephones Act is hereby amended. 2. The following

section is added after

section 3: 3.1 The Minister may control aU telecommunication ser vices subject to the jurisdiction of the Province and may provide or direct provi,s,ion of all such services.

Section 26 is amended (

a) by adding the following subsections after sub section (1):

(1.1) Subject to any agreement to which the commission is a party, the commission may place wires and other componants 'of the commission's system on the poles and in the communication space used or intended for use in the supply, trans mission or distribution of electric power.

(1.2) The commission shaH pay the owner of any poles so used for the use thereof in such amount as may be agreed upon or, in the absence of agreement, in such amount as may be set by the Public Utilities Board on the application of the commission or the owner. (

b) by adding the following subsection after subsection (4) :

(5) The provisions of

Part 1 of the Public Util ities Board Act apply to proceedings and orders of the Public Utilities Board under this section.

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will amend

chapter 12: of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970. 2. Jurisdiction of the Minister of Telephones. 3. Use of electric power poles.

4. The following

section is added after

section 26: 26.1.

(1) In this

section "buried facilities" means tele communications facilities buried below ground surface and which are not encased in 'cement, wood or some other en closure.

(2) Except for the commission and its agents no person may install buried facilities wherever the commission has constructed or intends to construct any part of its system without the permission and subject to the conditions of the Minister.

Section 28 is amended by striking out subsection (1) and by SUbstituting the following: 28.

(1) No person shall fix to any telecommunication equipment of the commission any equipment, attachment, device,apparatus or contrivance capable of transmitting or receiving messages passing through a telecommunication system of the commission that is not .approved or authorized in writing from the commission or supplied by the com mission.

Section 41, subsection (1) is amended by striking out the words ", other than frontage taxes,". 7. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

2 4. Buried facilities. 5.

Section 28 (1) presently reads: 28.

(1) No person shall fix to any telecommunication equipment of the commission any attachment or device intended to be used therewith, that will injuriously affect the telecommunication equipment or the operating efficiency of the telecommunication lines or equipment or endanger the safety of workmen. 6.

Section 41 (1) reads: 41.

(1) The commission may each year pay to any municipality with in which any of its property is situated, a grant not exceeding the amount that would be recoverable by the muni<Cipality if the property, as valued under se'Ctions 4 and 6 of The Municipal and Provincial Properties Valuation Act, was subject to the ordinary taxes, other than frontage taxes, levied by the municipality in that year. Title: 1971 (16th, 4th) Bill 49,

An Act to amend The Alberta Government Telephones Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L16 S4 4887
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L16 S4 4887
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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