Title: S.L. 1971-552
Category: Introduced Bills

General Assembly of North Carolina	1971

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 552
SENATE BILL 364

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 62-118 AND G.S. 62-247 TO PROVIDE FOR HEARINGS IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION IN THE CASE OF ABANDONMENT AND REDUCTION OF SERVICE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 62-118 is hereby amended by striking out the words "the Commission shall have power, after petition, notice and hearing, to authorize by order any public utility to abandon or reduce such service.", and by inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"the Commission shall have power, after petition and notice, to authorize by order any public utility to abandon or reduce such service. Upon request from any party having an interest in said utility service, the Commission shall hold a public hearing on such petition, and may on its own motion hold a public hearing on such petition."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 62-247 is amended by rewriting subsection (c) thereof to read as follows:
"(c)	A railroad company which has established and maintained for a year or more a passenger station, freight depot, team track, or other facility for serving the public at a point upon its road or route shall not abandon such station, depot or team track or other facility for serving the public nor substantially diminish the accomodations at said station, depot or team track by the stopping of trains or otherwise except by approval of the Commission which may be sought by the filing of an appropriate petition seeking the necessary authority. Freight or passenger depots may be relocated upon the written approval of the Commission."
Sec. 3.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after October 15, 1971.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of June, 1971.

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