Connecticut § 15-96 - Appeal to Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
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§ 15-96. Appeal to Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
Sec. 15-96. Appeal to Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. If any corporation subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is aggrieved by the adoption of airport zoning regulations under section 15-91 or by refusal to grant a variance permit as provided in subsection (b) of section 15-93, such corporation, within thirty days after such adoption or refusal, may appeal to said authority, and if, after notice and hearing, said authority determines that the public safety, necessity and convenience will be best served by the amendment or annulment of such regulation, it may order such regulation to be amended or annulled, or may grant a variance permit as prescribed in said subsection (b).
(1953, S. 2421d; P.A. 75-486, S. 46, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 37, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control a department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
Cited. 185 C. 145.
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