Sec. 10. (a) Before a municipal legislative body adopts an ordinance declaring that public convenience and necessity require the construction or acquisition of a utility as provided by section 7 of this chapter, each public utility furnishing a similar utility service in the municipality, or in the contiguous territory in which the municipality proposes to operate, shall be given ten (10) days notice by the legislative body of the time and place where the hearing will be held. At the hearing, the public utility is entitled to be heard in person or by counsel in opposition to the proposed action.

     (b) Notice must be served by delivering a copy to an officer or manager of the public utility in the municipality, if possible, or to an officer of the public utility elsewhere in Indiana.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.74, SEC.1.