Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-133
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Grant or refusal of certificate - Protests
Official statutory text
The Commission shall have power to issue said certificate as prayed
for or to refuse to issue the same or to issue it for the
construction, operation or acquisition of a portion only of the
contemplated territory. No certificate shall be issued until the
expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the first
publication of notice, nor shall any certificate be issued without
hearing unless no protest is filed to the granting of the
certificate by any interested party within such thirty-day period.
In the event such protest is filed, then the Commission shall set
the matter for public hearing; however, in the event no protest is
filed the Commission may, at its discretion, forthwith issue the
certificate as prayed for or set the matter for public hearing on
its own motion.
for or to refuse to issue the same or to issue it for the
construction, operation or acquisition of a portion only of the
contemplated territory. No certificate shall be issued until the
expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the first
publication of notice, nor shall any certificate be issued without
hearing unless no protest is filed to the granting of the
certificate by any interested party within such thirty-day period.
In the event such protest is filed, then the Commission shall set
the matter for public hearing; however, in the event no protest is
filed the Commission may, at its discretion, forthwith issue the
certificate as prayed for or set the matter for public hearing on
its own motion.
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