General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 25C Department of Telecommunications and Cable

• Massachusetts General Laws - Department of telecommunications and cable - Chapter 25C, Section 1
  There shall be in the office of consumer affairs and business regulation a department of telecommunications and cable, in this chapter called the department, for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; appointment; duties - Chapter 25C, Section 2
  The department shall be under the supervision and control of a commissioner who shall be appointed by the governor for a term coterminous with that...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Performance of duties by commissioner; pecuniary interest in regulated industry companies - Chapter 25C, Section 3
  The commissioner shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his official duties. The commissioner shall not own, or be in the employ of, or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Supervision of department; presiding officer - Chapter 25C, Section 4
  The commissioner shall have and exercise supervision and control over all the affairs of the department. He shall preside at all hearings at which he...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Protection of confidential and proprietary information during proceedings - Chapter 25C, Section 5
  Notwithstanding clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and section 10 of chapter 66, the department may protect from public disclosure trade secrets, confidential,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Division of telecommunications - Chapter 25C, Section 6
  There shall be in the department and under the supervision and control of the commissioner a division of telecommunications. The division, subject to such supervision...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Voiceover internet protocol service and internet protocol enabled service; regulation prohibited - Chapter 25C, Section 6A
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:— “Internet Protocol enabled service” or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assessments against cable television, telephone and telegraph companies; rate; collection - Chapter 25C, Section 7
  The commissioner may make an assessment against each cable television, telephone and telegraph company under the jurisdictional control of the department, based upon the intrastate...

Last modified: September 11, 2015