Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-35. Orders, rules, and regulations – Suspension or revocation of certificate or permits
Every person, subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject to such reasonable orders, rules, and regulations as shall, after a public hearing, be adopted and promulgated by the administrator. For willful or continued failure to comply with orders, rules, and regulations, or for willful or continued failure to comply with the terms and conditions of any certificate or permit granted under this chapter or previous laws, the administrator, after notice and hearing, or after failure to appear at a hearing of which due notice has been given, may suspend or modify or revoke the permit or certificate, subject however, to the right of appeal as to the reasonableness and lawfulness of the suspension or revocation or modification to the public utility hearing board as provided in chapter 35 of Title 42.
History of Section.
P.L. 1935, ch. 2268, art. 7, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 99, art. 7, § 1; P.L. 1946, ch. 1805, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 39-12-32; G.L. 1956, § 32-12-35; P.L. 1958, ch. 87, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-35
- Administrator: means the public utilities administrator. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-2
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Certificate: means a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under this chapter or by any corresponding provisions of earlier laws to a common carrier by motor vehicle. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-2
- Permit: means a permit issued under this chapter or corresponding provisions of earlier laws to a contract carrier by motor vehicle. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-2
- Person: means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof; and, where the context requires shall include "driver" as defined in this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 39-12-2
- 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