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23-17-106. Priority of dispatch of messages — Confidentiality.
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23-17-106. Priority of dispatch of messages — Confidentiality.
(a)(1) In consideration of the right-of-way over the public property conceded in this section and §§ 23-17-101 — 23-17-105, 23-17-107 , 23-17-108, and 23-17-113, every telephone corporation in the case of war, insurrection, or civil commotion of any kind and for the arrest of criminals shall give immediate dispatch at the usual rates of charge to any message connected therewith of any officer of the state or of the United States.
(2) Any officer or agent of a telephone company who fails or refuses to carry out the provisions of the preceding subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b)(1) All other messages, including those received from other telephone companies, shall be transmitted in order of their delivery, correctly and without unreasonable delay, and shall be strictly confidential. However, arrangements may be made with the publishers of newspapers for the transmission of intelligence of general and public interest.
(2) Any officer or agent of a telephone company who willfully violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) The telephone company so violating this section is liable in damages to the party aggrieved.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-106
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23-17-106. Priority of dispatch of messages — Confidentiality.
(a)(1) In consideration of the right-of-way over the public property conceded in this section and §§ 23-17-101 — 23-17-105, 23-17-107 , 23-17-108, and 23-17-113, every telephone corporation in the case of war, insurrection, or civil commotion of any kind and for the arrest of criminals shall give immediate dispatch at the usual rates of charge to any message connected therewith of any officer of the state or of the United States.
(2) Any officer or agent of a telephone company who fails or refuses to carry out the provisions of the preceding subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b)(1) All other messages, including those received from other telephone companies, shall be transmitted in order of their delivery, correctly and without unreasonable delay, and shall be strictly confidential. However, arrangements may be made with the publishers of newspapers for the transmission of intelligence of general and public interest.
(2) Any officer or agent of a telephone company who willfully violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) The telephone company so violating this section is liable in damages to the party aggrieved.
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23-17-101. Right to construct, operate, and maintain lines — Damages for occupation of property.
(a)(1) Any person or corporation organized by virtue of the laws of this state or of any other state of the United States or by virtue of the laws of the United States, for the purpose of transmitting intelligence by magnetic telegraph or telephone, or other system of transmitting intelligence which is the equivalent of telephone or telegraph and which may be invented or discovered, may construct, operate, and maintain the telegraph, telephone, or other lines necessary for the speedy transmission of intelligence:
(A) Along and over the public highways and streets of the cities and towns of this state;
(B) Across and under the waters and over any lands or public works belonging to this state;
(C) On and over the lands of private individuals;
(D) Upon, along, and parallel to any of the railroads or turnpikes of this state; and
(E) On and over the bridges, trestles, or structures of the railroads.
(2) However, the ordinary use of the public highways, streets, works, railroads, bridges, trestles, or structures and turnpikes shall not be obstructed thereby, nor shall the navigation of the waters be impeded.
(b) Just damages shall be paid to the owners of the lands, railroads, and turnpikes by reason of the occupation of the lands, railroads, and turnpikes by the telegraph or telephone corporations.
(c) Nothing in this subchapter shall limit the authority of municipalities to impose franchise fees pursuant to § 14-200-101.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-101
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23-17-105. Contract for exclusive privileges prohibited.
No telegraph or telephone corporation organized by virtue of the laws of this state or doing business in this state by virtue of the laws of any other state, or of the United States, shall have the power to contract with the owners of lands or the right in lands, or with any person or corporation, for the rights to erect, operate, or maintain telegraph, telephone, or other lines or works for the speedy transmission of intelligence over his or her or its lands, privileges, rights, or easements to the exclusion of other persons or corporations authorized to erect and operate lines and works for speedy transmission of intelligence.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-105
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23-17-107. Interception of message — Injuring equipment — Penalty.
If any person without authority intercepts a dispatch or message transmitted by telephone or willfully destroys or injures any telephone pole, wire, cable, or fixture, he or she is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-107
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23-17-108. Refusal to transmit message — Penalty.
Every telegraph and telephone company doing business in this state, under a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for each and every refusal to do so, must transmit over its wires to localities on its lines for any individual, corporation, or other telegraph or telephone company such messages, dispatches, or correspondence as may be tendered to it by, or to be transmitted to, any individual, corporation, or other telegraph or telephone companies at the price customarily asked and obtained for the transmission of similar messages, dispatches, or correspondence without discrimination as to charges or promptness. The penalty prescribed in this section shall be recoverable in any court through proper form of law, one-half (½) of which shall go to the prosecutor and one-half (½) to the state.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-17-108
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 23-17-108. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.