Maine § 35-A §2518 Joint use of poles

Maine Statutes

§ 35-A §2518 — Joint use of poles

Maine § 35-A §2518

Title 35-APUBLIC UTILITIES

Ch. 25REGULATION OF FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC WAY

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 35-A, § 35-A §2518 (2026).

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1.Municipality may order joint use of poles. Subject to the provisions of sections 711 and 8302, the municipal officers may, after notice and hearing, order any wires used for conveying electric current or the transmission of telephone messages and attached to poles located in a public street or way of the municipality to be removed and attached to other poles, however owned and controlled, legally located in the public streets or ways, as the municipal officers may designate, only if in their judgment the change is practicable and can be made without unreasonably interfering with the business of any person. The municipal officers may establish such regulations as they determine necessary for the joint use of the poles.

2.Cost of maintaining joint poles. If the parties using the joint po

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1.
Municipality may order joint use of poles.
Subject to the provisions of sections 711 and 8302, the municipal officers may, after notice and hearing, order any wires used for conveying electric current or the transmission of telephone messages and attached to poles located in a public street or way of the municipality to be removed and attached to other poles, however owned and controlled, legally located in the public streets or ways, as the municipal officers may designate, only if in their judgment the change is practicable and can be made without unreasonably interfering with the business of any person. The municipal officers may establish such regulations as they determine necessary for the joint use of the poles.
2.
Cost of maintaining joint poles.
If the parties using the joint poles cannot agree as to the proportionate share each will bear of the original cost and of the expense of maintaining the poles, or a proper annual rental for the use of the poles, the following provisions apply.
3.
Orders and decisions of municipal officers.
All orders and decisions of the municipal officers under this section shall be in writing and a record of them shall be made by the municipal clerk. The service of a copy of the order or decision, attested by the clerk, upon the parties affected by it is sufficient notice to the party affected to require compliance.
4.
Exception: Long distance lines.
This section does not apply to long distance telephone wires or lines of poles used to support them. For the purpose of this section a long distance telephone wire is a telephone wire that extends at least 20 miles in a direct line from a central office.
5.
Appeals.
A party aggrieved by an order or decision of the municipal officers relating to the joint use of poles, by any regulation established by the municipal officers relating to the joint use of poles or by their decision as to the party's proportionate share of the original cost, the cost of maintaining the joint poles or the annual rental for the use of the joint poles may appeal from the order, decision or regulation at any time, within 10 days after service of notice of them, to the Superior Court in the county in which the municipality is located.