§ 92. Rate schedules. 1. Every telegraph corporation and every\ntelephone corporation shall print and file with the commission schedules\nshowing all rates, rentals and charges for service of each and every\nkind by or over its line between points in this state and between each\npoint upon its line and all points upon every line leased or operated by\nit and between each point upon its line or upon any line leased or\noperated by it and all points upon the line of any other telegraph or\ntelephone corporation whenever a through service or joint rate shall\nhave been established between any two points. If no joint rate over a\nthrough line has been established the several corporations in such\nthrough line shall file with the commission the separately established\nrates and charges applicable where through service is afforded. Such\nschedule shall plainly state the places between which telephone or\ntelegraph service, or both, will be rendered and shall also state\nseparately all charges and all privileges or facilities granted or\nallowed and any rules or regulations or forms of contract which may in\nany wise change, affect or determine any or the aggregate of the rates,\nrentals or charges for the service rendered. Such schedule shall be\nplainly printed and kept open to public inspection. The commission shall\nhave the power to prescribe the form of every such schedule and may from\ntime to time prescribe, by order, changes in the form thereof. The\ncommission shall also have power to establish rules and regulations for\nkeeping such schedules open to public inspection and may from time to\ntime modify the same. Every telegraph corporation and telephone\ncorporation shall file with the commission as and when required by it a\ncopy of any contract, agreement or arrangement in writing with any other\ntelegraph corporation or telephone corporation or with any other\ncorporation, association or person relating in any way to the\nconstruction, maintenance or use of a telegraph line or telephone line\nor service by or rates and charges over or upon any such telegraph line\nor telephone line.\n 2. (a) No change shall be made in any rate, charge or rental, or joint\nrate, charge or rental applicable to regulated basic services, switched\ncarrier access services, charges for interconnection between local\nexchange carriers, and toll services within a local access and transport\narea which shall have been filed by a telegraph corporation or telephone\ncorporation hereinafter in this subdivision called a utility in\ncompliance with this chapter, except after thirty days' notice to the\ncommission and to each county, city, town and village served by such\nutility which had filed with such utility within the prior twelve months\na request for such notice and shall be affected by such change and\npublication of a notice to the public of such proposed change once in\neach week for four successive weeks in a newspaper having general\ncirculation in each county containing territory affected by the proposed\nchange. No other change shall be made in any rate, charge or rental, or\njoint rate, charge or rental filed by a utility, except after ten\nbusiness days' notice to the commission and publication of one notice at\nleast ten business days prior to the effective date of the change in a\nnewspaper of general circulation in each county affected by the proposed\nchange. Such notices shall plainly state the changes proposed and the\ntime when they go into effect. For the purpose of this paragraph,\n"regulated basic services" are defined as: residential, individual\nbusiness, and public access line network access, connection charges for\nsuch network access, local usage, local coin usage rates, tone dialing,\naccess to emergency services, statewide relay services, operator\nassistance services, director listings, and provisions that affect\nprivacy protections.\n (b) All proposed changes shall be shown by filing new schedules or\nshall be pla
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