Sec. 16-26. Public hearing to be held in locality affected. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16-26. Public hearing to be held in locality affected. In any matter within the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Utility Control, involving rates, charges or accommodation of the public the department shall hold at least one session of its hearings on such matter in a town within the area served by the public service company concerned with such matter, such town to be selected to suit as nearly as practicable the convenience of persons affected by such matter. Upon petition of not fewer than twenty-five persons affected by such matter, such a session shall be held in the evening. The department shall have the discretion to hold the remainder of its hearings, if any, anywhere within the state of Connecticut.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5416; P.A. 75-486, S. 19, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-429, S. 1; P.A. 80-482, S. 65, 348.)

      History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority, required that at least one hearing be held within a town in the company's service area rather than in "county where such town [i.e. town to be affected] is located" and further clarified provisions; P.A. 77-614 replaced authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-429 required petition by at least twenty-five people for evening session rather than for hearing to be held in town within service area; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation.

      Petitioner did not have the right to have a hearing in a particular town when a whole county was affected. 29 CS 151.