96.170 Power of city of the third class to furnish utility services -- Regulation of municipal telephone service by Public Service Commission. - Kentucky Statutes

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96.170 Power of city of the third class to furnish utility services -- Regulation of municipal telephone service by Public Service Commission. The legislative body of any city of the third class may, by ordinance, provide the city and
its inhabitants with water, light, power, and heat, by contract or by works of its own,
located either within or beyond the boundaries of the city, make regulations for the
management thereof, and fix and regulate the prices to private consumers and customers.
Telecommunication service may be provided by any legislative body of any city of the
third class by contract or by works of its own, except that any city of the third class that
establishes municipal telephone service shall, for purposes of that service solely, be
deemed a utility under KRS 278.010 and shall be regulated, as to telephone service, by
the Public Service Commission. Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3290,
3290-5.