§ 40-281 Certificate required before construction by public service corporation; exceptions; complaint by corporation injuriously affected by construction hearing; exclusive franchise or monopoly
§ 40-282 Application for certificate; hearing; application upon contemplated franchise
§ 40-283 Transmission lines; use of public streets for utility right-of-way; notice; election
§ 40-284 Restrictions upon conduct of public service business by foreign corporations
§ 40-285 Disposition of plant by public service corporations; acquisition of capital stock of public service corporation by other public service corporations; exemption
§ 40-286 Exemption from antitrust statutes
§ 40-287 Value of certificated area

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 40 > Chapter 2 > Article 4 - Certificates of Convenience and Necessity and Franchises

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Commission: means the corporation commission. See Arizona Laws 40-201
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Grantee: includes every person to whom an estate or interest in real property passes, in or by a deed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Railroad: includes every railway, other than a street railroad, operated for public transportation of persons or property. See Arizona Laws 40-201
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Street railroad: includes every railway operated along any street or public way for public transportation of persons or property, but does not include a commercial or interurban railway. See Arizona Laws 40-201
  • Telecommunications corporation: means a public service corporation other than municipal engaged in transmitting messages or furnishing public telegraph or telephone service or operating as a telecommunications common carrier. See Arizona Laws 40-201
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215