No. 99 4th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 10 Elizabeth II BILL 99 A Bill to amend The JAlberta. Government Telephones Act HON. MR. REIERSON Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Quee-n's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1962

Explanatory Note

Section 5, subsection (1) presently reads: "5.

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall appoint and pre- scribe the duties of the folilowing executive officers of the commission: (

a) a general manager; (

b) an assistant general manager; (

c) a general commercial superintendent; (

d) a general traffic superintendent; (

e) a comptroller; (11) a general plant superintendent; (

g) a chief engineer.".

Section 8, clause (

c) presently reads: "S. The commission shaN (

c) prepare from time to time S<!hedules of rates for approval by the Board of Public Utility Commis'sioners,".

Section 19, subsection (1) presently reads: "19.

(1) Subject to The Public Utilities Act, the commission may construct, erect and maintain telephone lines along the sides of, across or under any public highway, street, lane, bridge or water­ course whether the title to the hl~hway, street, lane, bridge or water­ course is vested in a city, town, village, county, munidpal district or in the Crown.".

Section 20 presently reads: "20. A person who breaks or damages any telephone wire, not being lower than the height required by law, or who breaks or damages any pole, underground conduit, or cable, being the property of, or under the control of, the corrunission is liable to the commission for the amount of the damage and for all losses and expenses occaaioned thereby.".

Section 23a presently reads: "23a. A person who, by using profane, obscene or abusive language or by other means, interferes with the use or enjoyment O'f a telephone by a subscriber is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for not more than six months.", 7. Sections 34 and 35 are transitional prOVISlons which have exhausted their function and can be repealed.

Section 7 of The Crown Property Municipal Grants Act reads: "7. The Alberta Government Tei1ephones Commission may each year pay to any municipality within which any O'f its rewl property is situated, a grant not exceeding the amount that would be recoverable by the municipality if the property was subject to the municipal tax for that year.".

BILL No. 99 of 1962

An Act to amend The Alberta Government Telephones 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 Alberta Government Telephones Act, being chap­ ter 85 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1958, is hereby amended.

Section 5, subsection (1) is amended (

a) by striking out clauses (

c) and (

d) and by substi­ tuting the following: (

c) a general commercial manager; (

d) a general traffic manager; (

b) by striking out clause (

f) and by substituting the following: (

I) a general plant manager;

Section 8, clause (

c) is amended by adding immedi­ ately after the words "rates for" the words "filing with or".

Section 19, subsection (1) is amended by adding im­ mediately after the word "town," the words "new town,".

Section 20 is amended by striking out the words "not being lower than the height required by law, or who breaks or damages any".

Section 23a is struck out and the following

section is substituted: 23a. A person who uses profane, obscene or abusive language while talking on a telephone or over a telephone wire or by other means interferes with the use or enjoy­ ment of a telephone is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for not more than six months. 7.

(1) Sections 34 and 35 are repealed and the following

section is substituted: 34. The commission may each year pay to any munici­ pality within which any of its property is situated, a grant

2 8. Commencement of Act.

2 not exceeding the amount that would be recoverable by the municipality if the property, as valued under sections 4 and 5 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.

(2) Section 7 of The Crown Property Municipal Grants Act is repealed. 8. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 99 FOURTH SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 10 ELIZABETH II 1962 BILL

An Act to amend The Alberta Government Telephones Act Recei ved and read the First time ........................................ . Second time .................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. MR. REIERSON Title: 1962 (14th, 4th) Bill 99,

An Act to amend The Alberta Government Telephones Act