North Carolina General Statutes 62-117. Same or similar names prohibited
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 62-117
- Commission: means the North Carolina Utilities Commission. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Franchise: means the grant of authority by the Commission to any person to engage in business as a public utility, whether or not exclusive or shared with others or restricted as to terms and conditions and whether described by area or territory or not, and includes certificates, and all other forms of licenses or orders and decisions granting such authority. See North Carolina General Statutes 62-3
- public utility: except as otherwise expressly provided in this Chapter, shall not include the following:
No public utility holding or operating under a franchise issued under this Chapter shall adopt or use a name used by any other public utility, or any name so similar to a name of another public utility as to mislead or confuse the public, and the Commission may, upon complaint, or upon its own initiative, in any such case require the public utility to discontinue the use of such name, preference being given to the public utility first adopting and using such name. (1947, c. 1008, s. 15; 1949, c. 1132, s. 15; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)