86-135 Adjacent exchange; service application. - Nebraska Statutes

86-135. Adjacent exchange; service application.Any person may file an application with the commission to obtain the telecommunications service furnished in the exchange service area adjacent to the territory in which the applicant resides or operates. The commission shall serve upon each telecommunications company directly affected a copy of the application and notice of the hearing at least thirty days prior to the hearing on the application, which shall be held if all of the telecommunications companies involved do not consent to the application. SourceLaws 1969, c. 601, § 1, p. 2457; Laws 1993, LB 121, § 471; Laws 1994, LB 414, § 108; R.S.1943, (1996), § 75-612; Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 34. AnnotationsApplicants are required, irrespective of whether phone company currently providing service participates, to present evidence to establish their case. In re Application of Jantzen, 245 Neb. 81, 511 N.W.2d 504 (1994).An order of the Public Service Commission will be affirmed if it acted within the scope of its authority, if its order is reasonable and not arbitrary, and if there is evidence to support its findings. In re Application of The Mickow Corp., 210 Neb. 580, 316 N.W.2d 66 (1982).Intent of statute is to permit users to petition for telephone service outside the exchange of residence. Hartman v. Glenwood Tel. Membership Corp., 197 Neb. 359, 249 N.W.2d 468 (1977).