Tennessee Statutes
§ 65-21-103 — Local regulation
Tennessee·Title 65
Any village or city within which such line may be constructed shall have all reasonable police powers to regulate the construction, maintenance, or operation of the line within its limits, including the right to exact rentals for the use of its streets and to limit the rates to be charged; provided, that such rentals and limitations as to rates are reasonable and imposed upon all telephone and telegraph companies without discrimination. No village, town, or city shall have the right to prevent the company from constructing, maintaining, and operating the line within the village, town, or city, so long as the line is being constructed, maintained, or operated within the village, town, or city, in accordance with the reasonable police regulations.
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Related
City of Chattanooga v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.
1 F. Supp. 2d 809 (E.D. Tennessee, 1998)
Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. City of Memphis, Tennessee
160 S.W.3d 901 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2004)
Metropolitan Government of Nashville And Davidson County, Tennessee v. Teleport Communications America, LLC
552 S.W.3d 203 (Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2017)
Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. City of Memphis, Tennessee
(Court of Appeals of Tennessee, 2004)
Legislative History
Acts 1907, ch. 134, § 1; Shan., § 2444a1; Code 1932, § 4056; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-2103.
Nearby Sections
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§ 65-1-102
Commissioners - Prohibited activities§ 65-1-103
Meetings§ 65-1-104
Quorum - Chair and vice chair - Panels§ 65-1-105
Compensation - Expenses§ 65-1-107
§ 65-1-107§ 65-1-108
Office - Furniture and supplies§ 65-1-109
Executive director§ 65-1-110
Minutes and official documents§ 65-1-111
Report to general assembly§ 65-1-112
Copies of records§ 65-1-113
Enforcement - Duties of commission