Section 37-4-110 Entry or extension into established service area. - Alabama Statutes

Section 37-4-110

Entry or extension into established service area.

Except as provided in Section 37-4-104, the commission shall not grant a certificate for a proposed radio utility operation, or extension thereof, into an established service area, which will be in competition with, or duplication of the service of, any other radio utility unless the commission shall first determine that the existing certificated radio utility is:

(1) Unwilling or unable to meet the reasonable needs of the public, and

(2) That the person operating the same is unable to or refuses or neglects after hearing on reasonable notice to provide reasonably adequate service.

(Acts 1971, No. 1595, p. 2733, §11.)