Rhode Island § 39-4-10 - Hearings and Investigations
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§ 39-4-10. Hearings and Investigations
R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-4-10
§ 39-4-10. Orders as to unreasonable practices or inadequate services.
If, upon a hearing and investigation had under the provisions of this chapter, the division of public utilities and carriers shall find that any regulation, measurement, practice, act, or service or any public utility is unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, preferential, unjustly discriminatory, or otherwise in violation of any of the provisions of chapters 1 — 5 of this title, or that any service of the public utility is inadequate, or that any service that can be reasonably demanded cannot be obtained, the division shall have power to substitute therefor other regulations, measurements, practices, service, or acts, and to make the order respecting, and the changes in the regulations, measurements, practices, service, or acts, as shall be just and reasonable, and the power to order refunds as provided for in § 39-3-13.1.
History of Section.
P.L. 1912, ch. 795, § 22; G.L. 1923, ch. 253, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 122, § 19; G.L.
1956, § 39-4-10; P.L. 1975, ch. 276, § 2.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Rhode Island General Laws § 39-4-10 cover?
Section 39-4-10 ("Hearings and Investigations") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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