Bill 14 (Legislature 10, Session 1)

L10 S1 7537

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 14 of 1945. A BILL TO AMEND THE POWER COMMISSION ACT NOTE. This Bill intr'Oduces a new S'ection into the above Act. The main object of the amendment is to prevent the con venience of the public being disrupted by a municipality or other corp'Oration which operates transmission lines dis continuing their services without any opportunity being given 'Of having them continued. For this purpose it is pr'Ovided that no such works m,ay be dismantled 'Or services discontinued without authority from the Commission.

Provision is m'ade for an appli,cation to the Commissi'On for such authoTity after due notice, and the Commission is given power to make such order as Iseems just in the public interest. W. S. GRAY, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 14 of 1945.

An Act to amend The Power Commission Act. (As'sented to , 1945.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follow'S: 1. The Power Commission Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1944, is hereby amended by adding immediately after

section thereof the following new section: "17a.-

(1) No municipality or corporation which has heretofore constructed or operated or hereafter constructs or operates any works for the transmisrsion or distribution of electric power, and no assignee or nominee of such muni cipality or 'corporation, shall dismantle or remove such works or any part thereof or discontinue the distribution of electric power in any area unlerss and until it has obtained authority in writing from the Commission so .to do. "

(2) Any municipality or corporation desiring to dis m,antle or remove such works or part thereof or to dis continue the distribution of electric power in any area shall make applicatiron in writing to the Commission for authority so to do, and at the time of filing the application or so soon thereafter as is practicable, shall ask the Commission to fix a time and place for the hearing of the application. "

(3) The municipality or corporation making the applica tion shall cause an advertisement to be inserted in a news paper of general circulation in the municipality in which the works are situated in three issues at intervals of one week, giving details of the nature 'Of the application and setting out the time and place fixed by the Commission for the hearing of the application.

"( 4) At the date and place fixed, the Commission shall proceed to hear the application and shall determine it upon the evidence submitted both in support 'Of and against the application, which evidence may be taken either viva voce or by affidavit, and the Commission may make such order in the premises as to the Commission seems just and proper and in the public interest. "

(5) Any municipality or corporationc'Ontravening the provisions of this

section or of any order made by the Com mission hereunder, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and costs which fine when recovered shall be paid to the Commission." 2. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. No. 14. FIRST SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Power Comnli,ssion Act. Recei ved and read the Firsttime ........................................ . Second time ..................................... . Third time .................... . HON. MR. GERHART. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1945 (10th, 1st) Bill 14,

An Act to amend The Power Commission Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L10 S1 7537
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L10 S1 7537
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	288a7131f6a3f6bd56093d007a1ab67458327eca

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