Sec. 16-250b. Cellular mobile telephone service. Department jurisdiction over. Regulations. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16-250b. Cellular mobile telephone service. Department jurisdiction over. Regulations. (a) The Department of Public Utility Control shall have jurisdiction over the provision of cellular mobile telephone service by cellular mobile telephone carriers licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to operate within the state.

      (b) Not later than six months after July 3, 1985, the department shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing (1) conditions under which the department may forbear from regulating such carriers and (2) standards and procedures for the regulation, on an equal basis with regard to all carriers, of the rates and charges, services, accounting practices, safety and conduct of operations of such carriers if the department does not forbear from regulating such carriers. Such conditions, standards and procedures shall provide for the public convenience, necessity and welfare.

      (P.A. 85-552, S. 7, 8.)