Sec. 16-44. Notice of formation, consolidation or discontinuance of public service companies; change of name. Penalty. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16-44. Notice of formation, consolidation or discontinuance of public service companies; change of name. Penalty. Whenever any company is organized for the purpose of doing business as a public service company, or whenever any company so organized acquires any plant or any part of a plant or equipment, or begins doing business as a public service company, or whenever any foreign public service company commences business in this state, or whenever any public service company doing business in this state merges with any other company or companies or permanently discontinues doing business as a public service company, or changes its corporate name, the secretary of the company shall, within ten days from the date thereof, notify the Department of Public Utility Control of the action of the company or companies, on blanks to be furnished by the department on request. The secretary of any public service company who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than sixty days or both.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5434; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 77, 348; P.A. 82-150, S. 7.)

      History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 82-150 made technical changes.