{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-16-248","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16-248","heading":"Rights of telephone company in operation May 23, 1985.","body":"Every telephone company organized before May 23, 1985, under special or general law, for the transaction of a telephone exchange business, in whole or in part, is limited in its operation, so far as pertains to the telephone exchange business, to the limits of the town or towns in which the plant and structures of such company, association or corporation actually existed and were in operation, in whole or in part, on such date, except upon a finding that public convenience and necessity require an extension of such limits as hereinafter provided.","path":["TITLE 16. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES","CHAPTER 283*. TELEPHONE, GAS, POWER AND WATER COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_283.htm#sec_16-248","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:01Z","sha256":"4c090bd9836cbbcb77c6d1531f18f113971f81b92c11cf384d06e99cc87481f5","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-16-247v","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-16-249-to-16-250a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}