Bill 100 — A Bill To Amend the Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act (Legislature 14, Session 4)

L14 S4 1935

Alberta — Bills

No. 100 4th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 10 Elizabeth II BILL 100 A Bill to amend The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act HON. MR. REIERSON Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majeaty. Edmonton, Alberta, 1962

Explanatory Note

Section 3 presently reads: "a.

(1) The Minister may from time to time by order (

a) define as a rural telephone area any specified townships. or parts of townships. not within the boundaries of a city. town or viliLage. and (

b) add to or take away from a ruraJl telephone area a township or part of a township specicfied in the order.

(2) In the case of each company incorporated under

section 168 of The Companies Act before the twenty-third day of April. 1935. the Minister (

a) shaH by order as soon as conveniently possible define a rural telephone area. and (

b) shaN assign that area to the company as the area withtn which the company is authorized to operate a telephone system.

(3) A rural telephone area referred to in subsection (21) (

a) shall include the townships or parts of townships within which the company was operating a telephone system on the twenty third day of April. 1935. but (

b) shall not inalude those townships or parts of townships that are within the boundaries of a city. town or village.

(4) An order made pursuant to this

section takes effect as and from the making of the order.".

Section 11 presently reads: "11. When the necessary plant fadlities are available a company to which this Act app'lies shal,l furnish a te1lephone service to each person who is resident within the rural telephone area of the comvany. upon that person entering into an agreement to the satisrfaction of the company and providing for payment of the cost, if any. of installing the service and the periodic charge for the service.". 4. S€ction 14 reads: "14.

Where it is necessary for the purpose of providing a telephone service to construct a pole line. the company is not liable to provide the service unless provision has been made to the satisfaction of the company for the payment of the cost of construction of the requisite pole line from the nearest feasible point on the company's telephone system.··. 5. Self-explanatory.

Section 21, subsection (2) presently reads: "

(2) No one share shall be (

a) issued to more than one person. or (

b) registered in the name of more than one person except only in the case where the share has devolved upon the personal representative of a deceased shareholder or the assignee in bankruptcy of a shareholder.".

Section 22, subsection (1) presently reads: "2.2.

(1) No person shall be allotted more than one share, and no person other than the person8Jl representative of a deceased share holder or the assignee in bankruptcy of a shareholder. is capahle of acquiring and holding more than one share at anyone time.". 8. Commencement of Act.

BILL No. 100 of 1962

An Act to amend The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act (Assented to , 1962) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act, being

chapter 292 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 3 is amended (

a) as to subsection (1), clause (a,) by adding im mediately after the word "town" the words ", new town", (

b) by striking out subsections (2) and (3).

Section 11 is struck out and the following

section is eu bsti tu ted: 11. A company shall furnish telephone service to each person who resides within the rual telephone area of the company upon that person entering into a standard form of agreement providing for the payment of the cost of installing the service and the periodic charge for the service.

Section 14 is repealed.

Section 20 is amended (

a) by renumbering the

section as subsection (1), (

b) by adding immediately after the renumbered sub

section ( 1) the following:

(2) A company may not purchase any of its own shares.

Section 21, subsection (2), clause (

b) is amended by adding immediately after the words "of a deceased" the words "or mentally incompetent".

Section 22, subsection (1) is amended by adding im mediah~ly after the words "of a deceased" the words "or mentally incompetent". 8. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 100 FOURTH SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 10 ELIZABETH II 1962 BILL

An Act to amend The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act Received and read the First time ........... . Second time .................... . Third time RON. MR. REIERSON Title: 1962 (14th, 4th) Bill 100,

An Act to amend The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act

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