Definitions - 66 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2901

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                                CHAPTER 29
                      TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WIRES

     Subchapter
        A.  General Provisions
        B.  Regulation of Coin Telephone Service

        Enactment.  Chapter 29 was added July 1, 1978, P.L.598,
     No.116, effective in 60 days.

                               SUBCHAPTER A
                            GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Sec.
     2901.  Definitions.
     2902.  Private wire for gambling information prohibited.
     2903.  Written contract for private wire.
     2904.  Joint use of telephone and telegraph facilities.
     2905.  Telephone message services.
     2906.  Dissemination of telephone numbers and other identifying
            information.
     2907.  State correctional institutions.

        Subchapter Heading.  The heading of Subchapter A was added
     July 10, 1986, P.L.1238, No.114, effective immediately.
     § 2901.  Definitions.
        The following words and phrases when used in this chapter
     shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
     meanings given to them in this section:
        "Dissemination."  The act of transmitting, distributing,
     advising, spreading, communicating, conveying or making known.
        "Private wire."  Any and all service equipment, facilities,
     conduits, poles, wires, circuits, systems by which or by means
     of which service is furnished for communication purposes, either
     through the medium of telephone, telegraph, Morse,
     teletypewriter, loudspeaker or any other means, or by which the
     voice or electrical impulses are sent over a wire, and which
     services are contracted for or leased for service between two or
     more points specifically designated, and are not connected to or
     available for general telegraphic or telephonic exchange or toll
     service, and shall include such services known as "special
     contract leased wire service," "leased line," "private line,"
     "private system," "Morse line," "private wire," but shall not
     include the usual and customary telephone service by which the
     subscriber may be connected at each separate call to any other
     telephone designated by him only through the general telephone
     exchange system or toll service, and shall not include private
     wires used for fire or burglar alarm purposes, nor telegraph
     messenger call boxes and circuits used in connection therewith,
     time clock circuits used for furnishing correct time service,
     nor telegraph teleprinters when these teleprinters terminate in
     the telegraph companies' offices and are not directly connected
     between two customers.
        "Public utility."  A person, partnership, association or
     corporation, now or hereafter owning or operating in this
     Commonwealth, equipment or facilities for conveying or
     transmitting messages or communications by telephone or
     telegraph to the public for compensation.

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