reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
CT Gen Stat § 16-43a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-43a - Validity of securities issued pursuant to order of authority.

 Any stock, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness or securities of any nature issued or sold pursuant to or in reliance on and in accordance with any order, authorization or decision of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority pursuant to this title shall be valid and binding in accordance with their terms notwithstanding such order, authorization or decision of the authority is later vacated, modified, or otherwise held to be wholly or partly invalid, unless operation of such order, authorization or decision of the authority has been stayed or suspended by the authority or the reviewing court prior to such issuance.(P.A. 78-100; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 76, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 78-303 allowed substitution of division of public utility control within the department of business regulation for public utilities control authority to comply with provisions of P.A. 77-614; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-43b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-43b - Definitions applicable to apportionment of land sales benefits.

 For purposes of subsection (e) of section 16-43, “open space or recreational purposes” means public parks or forests or natural areas, including, but not limited to, reservoirs and water company land, which are preserved predominantly in their natural scenic and open condition which may allow for camping, hiking, forestry, fishing, wildlife or natural resource conservation and “educational use” means the use by any town, city or borough, whether consolidated or unconsolidated, and any school district or regional school district for the purposes of schools and related facilities.(P.A. 98-157, S. 10, 15; P.A. 04-200, S. 3.)History: P.A. 98-157 effective July 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: In codifying this section the Revisors editorially changed “... camping; hiking; forestry; fishing; wildlife or ...” to “... camping, hiking, forestry, fishing, wildlife or ...”); P.A. 04-200 defined “educational use”, effective June 3, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 16-43c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-43c - Sale of water company land to certain municipal corporations for construction of a school.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or section 12-217dd, any land acquired from a water company, as defined in section 16-1, by a municipal corporation for the purposes of construction of a school and related facilities in a town with a population between eleven thousand six hundred and eleven thousand nine hundred, as enumerated by the 2000 federal decennial census, shall be treated as open space for purposes of establishing the right to acquire, ratemaking and taxes.(P.A. 04-156, S. 1; P.A. 05-288, S. 217.)History: P.A. 04-156 effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 16-43d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-43d - Sale of existing electric generation plants.

 If any existing electric generation plant within the state is offered for sale, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall authorize the electric distribution companies to purchase and operate such plants if the authority, through a contested case proceeding, determines that such purchase and operation is in the public interest, provided any acquisition plan shall include provisions for payment of property taxes on the value of the purchased plant and provisions for employee protections. An electric distribution company purchasing such generation plants shall be entitled to recover the costs of such purchase in an annual retail generation rate contested case consistent with the principles set forth in sections 16-19, 16-19b and 16-19e, provided the return on equity associated with such purchase and operation shall be established in said contested case proceeding and updated at least once every four years. The authority shall review and approve the cost recovery provisions in the proceeding to determine that such purchase and operation are in the public interest.(P.A. 07-242, S. 83; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-134, S. 124.)History: P.A. 07-242 effective June 4, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-134 deleted reference to Sec. 16-244f(b)(3), effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 16-44 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 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 Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of the action of the company or companies, on blanks to be furnished by the authority 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 fifty dollars.(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; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 10.)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; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 16-44a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-44a - Disclosure of salaries of directors and officers of public service companies.

 (a) Each public service company, as defined in section 16-1, regulated pursuant to sections 16-19 and 16-19e and serving more than three thousand three hundred customers shall (1) on each customer's bill, notify customers at least annually that a listing of the salaries of its directors and officers can be obtained from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority at the customer's request, and (2) not later than July first, annually, submit to the authority a listing of the salaries of all its directors and officers during the preceding fiscal year. Any such public service company that files Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K, Part III with the authority pursuant to an order of the authority shall be deemed to be in compliance with subdivision (2) of this subsection.(b) The authority shall maintain and make available to the public a listing of the salaries of directors and officers of each public service company regulated pursuant to sections 16-19 and 16-19e and serving more than three thousand three hundred customers. The authority shall mail such listing to any person that requests it.(P.A. 97-30, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 97-30 effective May 6, 1997; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-45 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-45 - Increase or reduction of capital stock by public service companies.

 Any public service company which is authorized to increase its authorized capital stock in accordance with the laws applicable to corporations organized under the general law may increase or reduce its authorized capital stock at a meeting of its stockholders warned and held for that purpose by a vote of at least two-thirds of each class of stock issued and outstanding at the time of such vote, or at a meeting of the stockholders called upon thirty days' notice by a vote of at least two-thirds of each class of stock represented at such meeting. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect in any way the powers and authority of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority with respect to issuance of securities by public service companies.(1949 Rev., S. 5436; 1949, 1951, S. 2609d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 78, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)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; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.See Sec. 16-43(b) re issuance and approval of notes, bonds, securities, etc.
CT Gen Stat § 16-48 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-48 - Electricity and gas; transmission between this state and other states.

 The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority is authorized to enter into compacts in the name of the state of Connecticut with the states of New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, or any one or more of said states, through such body in such state or states as may be designated by law to act, for the purpose of establishing joint regulation and control of rates for electricity and gas transmitted between such states; provided the power to enter into such compacts shall be authorized by the Congress of the United States. The authority shall report the terms of any such compact to the General Assembly of this state at its first regular session after such compact has been agreed upon; but no such agreements or compacts shall become effective until approved by the General Assembly and the Congress of the United States.(1949 Rev., S. 5439; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 81, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)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; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-48a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-48a - Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund established.

 There is established a fund to be known as the “Consumer Counsel and Public Utility Control Fund”. The fund may contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. The interest derived from the investment of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Amounts in the fund may be expended only pursuant to appropriation by the General Assembly. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in the fund for the fiscal year next succeeding.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 15, 30.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-49d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-49d - Applications for sales of water company lands submitted prior to June 25, 1975.

 Section 16-49d is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(P.A. 75-405, S. 5; P.A. 83-487, S. 7, 33; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-49e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-49e - Public service company may request identification from person opening an account. Telecommunications company may request identification prior to providing service.

 (a) As used in this section, “identification” means a Social Security number, the number of an identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h, the number of a motor vehicle operator's license issued pursuant to section 14-36, a valid passport issued by the United States or a foreign government, a resident alien card or an alien registration card issued by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, any other valid forms of identification issued by the federal government or a state or municipal government, or any other means of identification approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. A public service company, as defined in section 16-1, may request a person opening an account with the company to provide the company with two forms of identification, one of which contains a picture of the person, at the time of opening the account. If a person opening an account fails to provide the requested identification, the public service company shall open an account for such person and allow fifteen days for such person to provide the company with identification. If such person fails to provide the required identification within fifteen days, the public service company may terminate service to such person.(b) A telecommunications company that is certified to provide telecommunications service pursuant to section 16-247g may not require a prospective residential customer to provide identification as a condition of providing telecommunications service, except to the extent that a public service company is permitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a company from accepting additional forms of identification, provided the company accepts the forms of identification specified in subsection (a) of this section.(P.A. 95-274, S. 1; P.A. 02-8, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 02-8 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to expand definition of “identification” to include a passport, a resident alien card, an alien registration card, or any other valid form of identification issued by the federal government or a state or municipal government, to allow a public service company to request two forms of identification, one of which contains a picture of the person, and to make conforming changes, added Subsec. (b) to allow a telecommunications company to request identification to the same extent as a public service company, and added Subsec. (c) to allow companies to accept additional forms of identification, effective April 22, 2002; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 16-49f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-49f - Verification of Social Security number prior to opening new account. Minor not liable for services fraudulently obtained using minor's Social Security number.

 (a) A public service company, as defined in section 16-1, that requires the disclosure of a potential customer's Social Security number in order to open a new customer account shall verify the validity of the Social Security number prior to opening a new customer account to ensure that such number does not belong to a minor, as defined in section 1-1d. Such public service company shall cross reference the Social Security number provided with such customer's legal name, aliases, date of birth, age, current address and phone number. A public service company may use a third-party company to carry out the purpose of this subsection.(b) A minor shall not be liable for payment of an unpaid bill to a public service company for services fraudulently obtained by an adult using such minor's Social Security number.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 56.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-50 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-50 - Employees. Consultants.

 Section 16-50 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5396; June, 1955, S. 2608d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-367; 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 82-150, S. 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 16-50a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-50a - Local filing of maps on acquisition of property.

 Any public service company which acquires land or any easement or right-of-way therein for any of its purposes shall, if it has prepared a map or maps in connection with such acquisition, file, in the clerk's office in each town in which such land is located, a copy of such map or maps and said clerk shall accept such copy or copies for filing. Maps filed as required by this section shall conform to the provisions of section 7-31 as to materials and size.(1963, P.A. 457; 1967, P.A. 226.)History: 1967 act qualified exemption from Sec. 7-31 for maps by requiring conformity “as to materials and size”.
CT Gen Stat § 16-50b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-50b - Declaration of policy.

 It is found and declared that conservation of undeveloped lands and preservation of open spaces, together with orderly control and development of remaining natural resources is the settled public policy of Connecticut and bears a substantial relationship to the public health and safety and common welfare, in order to provide for establishment and maintenance of necessary public recreational and conservation areas, and that undeveloped lands owned by public service companies constitute a significant portion of all remaining undeveloped lands in Connecticut, and particularly in thickly-settled areas of Connecticut, and that the state and municipalities, wherein substantial undeveloped tracts owned by public service companies are located, have been unable to provide for acquisition of such lands for public recreational and conservation purposes, and that the public policy of Connecticut to preserve open spaces requires for its effectiveness a procedure for the state and municipalities to determine whether acquisition of such tracts as may be or become available would be in furtherance and continuation of local, regional and state programs, and that public service companies by reason of their statutory privilege of land acquisition by condemnation and statutory protection of acquisition of their land by condemnation are a proper subject for a special statutory procedure for the disposition of undeveloped lands owned by such companies, and that it is further found and declared that sections 16-50b to 16-50e, inclusive, do not interfere with the operation and conduct of said public service companies.(1967, P.A. 577, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 189, S. 1.)History: 1972 act included reference to state's role in land acquisition and to state programs.
CT Gen Stat § 16-50e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 16 - Public Service Companies|Chapter 277 - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Office of Consumer Counsel. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 16-50e - Notices to town clerk.

 A copy of each notice required by sections 16-50c and 16-50d shall be sent by the party giving such notice to the town clerk of the municipality in which the land is situated and such town clerk shall make all such notices part of the appropriate land records.(1967, P.A. 577, S. 7.)