{"data":{"id":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-2502","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"35-A M.R.S. §2502","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.\n1.  Applicable licensing authority or licensing authority.  \"Applicable licensing authority\" or \"licensing authority\" means:\nA.  The Department of Transportation, when the public way is a state or state-aid highway, except for state or state-aid highways in the compact areas of urban compact municipalities as defined in Title 23, section 754;\nB.  The municipal officers or their designees, when the public way is a city street or town way or a state or state-aid highway in the compact areas of urban compact municipalities and as defined in Title 23, section 754; and\nC.  The county commissioners, for all other public ways.\n2.  Compact area.\n3.  Facilities.  \"Facilities\" means:\nA.  If under the surface of the public way, pipes, cables and conduits; and\nB.  If on or over the surface of the public way, poles, guys, hydrants, cables, wires and any plant or equipment located on or over the surface of the public way.\n4.  Federal-aid highway system.","path":["TITLE 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES","PART 2: PUBLIC UTILITIES","CHAPTER 25: REGULATION OF FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC WAY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/35-A/title35-Asec2502.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:40Z","sha256":"06bb208d57ce52cd5fe27ed95eb6a49fff3b11db43b154af16551cb651d98c69","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-2501","next":"us-me/35-a-m.r.s.-2503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}