Okla. Stat. tit. 17, § 17-159.20
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Petition for service
Official statutory text
Upon the petition of any person not served by an existing
transportation line or by a transportation line for which a
certificate has been issued, the Commission may cause the same to be
set for hearing and give due and proper notice in writing at least
ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing to all persons holding
certificates nearest to those requesting service and to the
municipal officers of all municipalities served or to be served by
such water transportation companies, and by publication once a week
for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper or newspapers of
general circulation in the county or counties in which the line is
proposed to be constructed. If at such hearing the Commission finds
from competent evidence that the public convenience and necessity
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 120
require the furnishing of water transportation service to the
petitioners, it shall have the further power to order and direct the
person holding a certificate who can most economically extend its
service so as to furnish efficient water transportation service to
the petitioners to so extend its line. It shall not make an order
so requiring unless it finds, from substantial evidence, that the
person so ordered to serve is earning a fair return on the fair
value of its water transportation line and the rendition of service
to the petitioners will not prevent the person so ordered to serve
from earning a fair return on the fair value of its water
transportation line.
transportation line or by a transportation line for which a
certificate has been issued, the Commission may cause the same to be
set for hearing and give due and proper notice in writing at least
ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing to all persons holding
certificates nearest to those requesting service and to the
municipal officers of all municipalities served or to be served by
such water transportation companies, and by publication once a week
for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper or newspapers of
general circulation in the county or counties in which the line is
proposed to be constructed. If at such hearing the Commission finds
from competent evidence that the public convenience and necessity
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 17. Corporation Commission Page 120
require the furnishing of water transportation service to the
petitioners, it shall have the further power to order and direct the
person holding a certificate who can most economically extend its
service so as to furnish efficient water transportation service to
the petitioners to so extend its line. It shall not make an order
so requiring unless it finds, from substantial evidence, that the
person so ordered to serve is earning a fair return on the fair
value of its water transportation line and the rendition of service
to the petitioners will not prevent the person so ordered to serve
from earning a fair return on the fair value of its water
transportation line.
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