Sec. 16-238. Wires may be cut; notice.
Sec. 16-238. Wires may be cut; notice. When it is deemed necessary to cut or
otherwise disconnect the wires or fixtures of any telegraph, telephone, electric light or
power company or other company or association hereinbefore referred to, or to remove
such wires from the poles or fixtures to which they are attached, for the transportation
of any object on the highway or upon any waterway, any person or corporation may do
so, exercising reasonable care therein, after obtaining written consent of the municipality
or other authority having control over such highway or waterway and the public service
company or companies affected, which consent may be granted under such reasonable
conditions as such municipality or other authority having such control and such company
or companies may impose. If such consent cannot be secured, or if any of such conditions
is not acceptable to the person or corporation seeking such consent, the Department of
Public Utility Control shall, upon written application by such person or corporation and
after notice to all parties affected, determine the necessity of such disconnection or
removal and order the terms and conditions under which it shall be made.
(1949 Rev., S. 5649; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 104, 348.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced
public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of
business regulation.