Section 234 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions And Definitions From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) "Telephone corporation" includes every corporation or
person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any telephone line
for compensation within this state.
(b) "Telephone corporation" does not include any of the following:
(1) Any hospital, hotel, motel, or similar place of temporary
accommodation owning or operating message switching or billing
equipment solely for the purpose of reselling services provided by a
telephone corporation to its patients or guests.
(2) Any one-way paging service utilizing facilities that are
licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, including, but not
limited to, narrowband personal communications services described in
Subpart D (commencing with Section 24.100) of Part 24 of Title 47 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on June 13, 1995.