{"data":{"id":"us-ca/puc-234","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PUC § 234","heading":"","body":"(a) “Telephone corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any telephone line for compensation within this state.\n(b) “Telephone corporation” does not include any of the following:\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Public Utilities Code - PUC","DIVISION 1. REGULATION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES [201. - 3299.100.]","PART 1. PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT [201. - 2120.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions and Definitions [201. - 248.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6d424464b1ec45550e84f8a3dd35473a1d0db48db445196e06948f4bde235d9c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/puc-233","next":"us-ca/puc-235"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}