§1501.  Definitions

A.  The word "commission" when used in this Chapter means the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

B.  The word "commissioners" when used in this Chapter means the commissioners of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.

C.  The term "radio common carriers" when used in this Chapter includes every corporation, company, association, partnership and persons and lessees, trustees, or receivers, appointed by any court whatsoever owning, operating or managing a radio common carrier or public "for hire" radio service engaged in the business of providing a service of radio communications between mobile and base stations, between mobile and land stations, including land line telephones, between mobile stations or between land stations, but not engaged in the business of providing a public land line message telephone service or a public message telegraph service.

D.  Notwithstanding any provisions of R.S. 45:781 through 45:790 inclusive, or any provision of this Chapter, the term "radio common carrier" as used in this Chapter shall not be construed to mean a company operating under the provisions of Title 45, Chapter 8, of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, and no such radio common carrier shall have any of the powers, rights or duties provided for and prescribed by said Title 45, Chapter 8.

Added by Acts 1968, No. 634, §1.