Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-159.16
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Power to issue or refuse 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 suspend or revoke
the same, or to issue it for construction, operation, or acquisition
of some portion only of the proposed water transportation line.
No certificate shall be issued until the expiration of forty-
five (45) 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 forty-five 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, at its
discretion, may issue the certificate forthwith or set the matter
for public hearing on its own motion.
prayed for, or to refuse to issue the same, or to suspend or revoke
the same, or to issue it for construction, operation, or acquisition
of some portion only of the proposed water transportation line.
No certificate shall be issued until the expiration of forty-
five (45) 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 forty-five 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, at its
discretion, may issue the certificate forthwith or set the matter
for public hearing on its own motion.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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