Rhode Island General Laws 39-4-15. Notice and proceedings on motion of division
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Notice of the time and place for a hearing and investigation shall be given to the public utility and to such other interested persons as the division shall deem necessary, as provided in § 39-4-5, and thereafter the proceedings shall be had and conducted in reference to the matter investigated in like manner as though a complaint had been filed with the division relative to the matter investigated, and the same order or orders may be made in reference thereto as if the hearing and investigation had been made on a complaint.
History of Section.
P.L. 1912, ch. 795, § 28; G.L. 1923, ch. 253, § 28; G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 25; G.L. 1956, § 39-4-15.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-4-15
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Division: means the division of public utilities and carriers. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2
- Public utility: means and includes every company that is an electric distribution company and every company operating or doing business in intrastate commerce and in this state as a railroad, street railway, common carrier, gas, liquefied natural gas, water, telephone, telegraph, and pipeline company, and every company owning, leasing, maintaining, managing, or controlling any plant or equipment, or any part of any plant or equipment, within this state for manufacturing, producing, transmitting, distributing, delivering, or furnishing natural or manufactured gas, directly or indirectly, to or for the public, or any cars or equipment employed on, or in connection with, any railroad or street railway for public or general use within this state, or any pipes, mains, poles, wires, conduits, fixtures, through, over, across, under, or along any public highways, parkways, or streets, public lands, waters, or parks for the transmission, transportation, or distribution of gas for sale to the public for light, heat, cooling, or power for providing audio or visual telephonic or telegraphic communication service within this state, or any pond, lake, reservoir, stream, well, or distributing plant or system employed for the distribution of water to the consuming public within this state, including the water supply board of the city of Providence; provided, that, except as provided in § 39-16-9 and in P. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-1-2