AN ACT GRANTING THE PREMIERE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE NETWORK A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL
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AN ACT GRANTING THE PREMIERE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE NETWORK A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL
Republic Act No. 6113
August 4, 1969
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This law grants the Premiere Automatic Telephone Network (the grantee) a 25-year franchise to construct, operate, and maintain a telephone system in Tagbilaran City and the Province of Bohol. The key provisions are:Scope and Duration of Franchise:
- The grantee is granted the right and privilege to construct, operate, and maintain a telephone system in Tagbilaran City and Bohol Province for 25 years from the approval of this Act. (Section 1)
Construction and Installation:
- The grantee is authorized to use public streets and thoroughfares for installing necessary equipment like poles, wires, cables, and conduits. (Section 1)
- Poles and conduits must be located in designated places approved by the city council and provincial board. (Section 2)
- The grantee can make excavations in public places for laying underground wires or conduits, but must restore the area to its original condition. (Section 3)
- If any construction work requires raising or removing the grantee's wires or conduits, the grantee must comply upon 48-hour notice, and the requesting party shall pay half the cost of replacement. (Section 4)
Equipment and Service Standards:
- All apparatus and equipment used must be modern and first-class. (Section 5)
- The telephone system must be maintained to render efficient and adequate service, and the grantee must modify or improve the system as required by the Public Service Commission. (Section 5)
Financial Obligations:
- The grantee must keep separate accounts of gross receipts and submit copies to the Auditor General and Treasurer of the Philippines annually. (Section 6)
- The grantee must pay taxes on its real estate, buildings, and personal property like other entities. (Section 7)
- The grantee must pay 3% of all gross receipts from the telephone business to the Treasurer of the Philippines annually. (Section 7)
Regulatory Compliance:
- The grantee must obtain a certificate of convenience and public necessity from the Public Service Commission before commencing construction or exercising any rights under this franchise. (Sections 8 and 9)
- The grantee must deposit 5,000 pesos or equivalent government bonds as an earnest deposit and guarantee of readiness to begin operation within 6 months of obtaining the certificate. (Section 10)
- The grantee's books and accounts must be open for inspection, and it must submit quarterly reports to the Auditor General. (Section 11)
- Rates for telephone service are subject to approval by the Public Service Commission. (Section 14)
Other Provisions:
- This franchise is non-exclusive, and the government can grant other franchises for telephone or electrical transmission services. (Section 12)
- The grantee must hold the government harmless from claims arising from accidents or injuries caused by its operations. (Section 13)
- The grantee cannot transfer or assign this franchise without prior approval from Congress. (Section 15)
- The grantee can install, maintain, operate, purchase or lease necessary telephone stations, lines, cables or systems with permission from the Public Service Commission. (Section 16)
- The Philippine government and Tagbilaran City/Bohol Province can use the grantee's poles for their telephone, telegraph, police or fire alarm systems without compensation, subject to conditions. (Section 17)
- The government reserves the right to take over the system and enterprise by having the grantee surrender its franchise and turn over the system and equipment at cost less depreciation. (Section 18)
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AN ACT GRANTING THE PREMIERE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE NETWORK A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL
Republic Act No. 6113
•August 4, 1969
REPUBLIC ACT No. 6113
AN ACT GRANTING THE PREMIERE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE NETWORK A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF TAGBILARAN AND THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL.
Section 1. Subject to the conditions established in this Act and the provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered one hundred and forty-six, as amended, and of the Constitution, applicable thereto, there is hereby granted to the Premiere Automatic Telephone Network, hereinafter called the grantee, its successors or assigns, for a period of twenty-five years from the approval of this Act, the right and privilege to construct, operate and maintain in the City of Tagbilaran and the Province of Bohol, a telephone system to carry on the business of the electrical transmission of conversations and signals in said city and province.
For this purpose, the grantee is hereby authorized to use all streets and public thoroughfares of the said city and province for the construction, maintenance, and operation of all apparatus, conductors and appliances necessary for the electrical transmission of conversations and signals, to erect...
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