Section 472.15 - Use or consumption of electricity and electric power by street railway and street railway system; relocation and modification of public utility facilities. - Michigan Statutes

NONPROFIT STREET RAILWAY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 35 of 1867

472.15 Use or consumption of electricity and electric power by street railway and street railway system; relocation and modification of public utility facilities.

Sec. 15.

(1) Subject to applicable law and applicable regulations of this state, a city, a township, or a village, a street railway may generate, store, transmit, distribute, dispense, furnish, or use electricity and electric power for use or consumption by the street railway and the street railway system.

(2) If a street railway requests a public utility to modify or relocate facilities of the public utility that lie within a public street or highway right of way, or if, in response to the construction, expansion, or modification of a street railway system a public utility determines that the public utility should modify or relocate the public utility's facilities, consistent with law, regulation, or good utility practice and unless the street railway and the public utility agree otherwise, the street railway shall pay all costs of the relocation and modification of the facilities to the public utility.

History: 1867, Act 35, Imd. Eff. Mar. 5, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 2516 ;-- How. 3550 ;-- CL 1897, 6448 ;-- Am. 1905, Act 97, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 8546 ;-- Am. 1929, Act 284, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11306 ;-- CL 1948, 472.15 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 481, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009
Compiler's Notes: Act 209 of 1923, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 254 of 1933. See now MCL 475.1 et seq.The public utilities commission, referred to in this section, was abolished and its powers and duties transferred to the public service commission by MCL 460.4.