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NC Gen Stat § 62-142 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-142 - Contracts as to rates.

 62-142. Contracts as to rates.All contracts and agreements between public utilities as to rates shall be submitted to the Commission for inspection that it may be seen whether or not they are a violation of law or the rules and regulations of the Commission, and all arrangements and agreements whatever as to the division of earnings of any kind by competing public utilities shall be submitted to the Commission for inspection and approval insofar as they affect the rules and regulations made by the Commission to secure to all persons doing business with such utilities just and reasonable rates. The Commission may make such rules and regulations, as to such contracts and agreements as the public interest may require. (1899, c. 164, s. 6; Rev., s. 1108; C.S., s. 1073; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-143 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-143 - Schedule of rates to be evidence.

 62-143. Schedule of rates to be evidence.The schedule of rates fixed by statute or under this Article, in suits brought against any public utility involving the rates of a public utility or unjust discrimination in relation thereto, shall be taken in all courts as prima facie evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable. Any such schedule when certified by a clerk of the Commission as a true copy of a schedule on file with the Commission shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of such schedule without further proof, and, if the clerk certifies that said schedule has been approved by the Commission, as prima facie evidence of such approval. (1899, c. 164, s. 7; Rev., s. 1112; C.S., s. 1077; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-144 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-144 - Free transportation.

 62-144. Free transportation.(a) All common carriers under the supervision of the Commission shall furnish free transportation to the members of the Commission, and, upon written authority of the Commission, such carriers shall also furnish free transportation to such persons as the Commission may designate in its employ or in the employ of the Department of Motor Vehicles for the inspection of equipment and supervision of safe operating conditions and of traffic upon the highways of the State.(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), no common carrier shall, directly or indirectly, issue, give, tender, or honor any free fares except to its bona fide officers, agents, commission agents, employees and retired employees, and members of their immediate families: Provided, that common carriers under this Article may exchange free transportation within the limits of this section and may accept as a passenger a totally blind person accompanied by a guide at the usual and ordinary fare charged to one person under such reasonable regulations as may have been established by the carrier and approved by the Commission.(c) Any person except those permitted by law accepting free transportation shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the carriage, storage or handling of household goods free or at reduced rates for the United States, State or municipal governments, or for charitable or educational purposes, or the use of passes for journeys wholly within this State which have been or may be issued for interstate journeys under the authority of the United States Interstate Commerce Commission. (1899, c. 164, s. 22; c. 642; 1901, c. 652; c. 679, s. 2; 1905, c. 312; Rev., s. 1105; Ex. Sess. 1908, c. 144, s. 4; 1911, cc. 49, 148; 1913, c. 100; 1915, c. 215; 1917, cc. 56, 160; C.S., ss. 1069, 1070, 3492; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; 1941, c. 97; 1949, c. 1132, s. 27; 1953, c. 1279; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 477; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1995, c. 523, s. 8.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-145 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-145 - Rates between points connected by more than one route.

 62-145. Rates between points connected by more than one route.When there is more than one route between given points in North Carolina, and freight is routed or directed by the shipper or consignee to be transported over a shorter route, and it is in fact shipped by a longer route between such points, the rate fixed by law or by the Commission for the shorter route shall be the maximum rate which may be charged, and it shall be unlawful to charge more for transporting such freight over the longer route than the lawful charge for the shorter route. (Ex. Sess. 1913, c. 20, s. 11; C.S., s. 1085; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-148 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-148 - Rates on leased or controlled utility.

 62-148. Rates on leased or controlled utility.If any public utility operating in the State other than a motor carrier is owned, controlled or operated by lease or other agreement by any other public utility doing business in the State, its rates may, in the discretion of the Commission, be determined for such public utility by the rates prescribed for the public utility which owns, controls or operates it. (Ex. Sess. 1908, c. 144, s. 2; C.S., s. 3490; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-149 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-149 - Unused tickets to be redeemed.

 62-149. Unused tickets to be redeemed.Whenever any ticket is sold and is not wholly used by the purchaser, it shall be the duty of the carrier selling such ticket to redeem it or the unused portion thereof at the price paid for it, or in such manner and at such price as the Commission shall prescribe by regulation. (1891, c. 290; 1893, c. 249; 1895, c. 83, ss. 2, 3; 1897, c. 418; Rev., s. 2627; C.S., s. 3503; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-150 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-150 - Ticket may be refused intoxicated person; penalty for prohibited entry.

 62-150. Ticket may be refused intoxicated person; penalty for prohibited entry.The ticket agent of any common carrier of passengers shall at all times have power to refuse to sell a ticket to any person applying for the same who may at the time be intoxicated. The driver or other person in charge of any conveyance for the use of the traveling public shall at all times have power to prevent any intoxicated person from entering such conveyance. If any intoxicated person, after being forbidden by the driver or other person having charge of any such conveyance for the use of the traveling public, shall enter such conveyance, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1885, c. 358, ss. 1, 2, 3; Rev., ss. 2625, 2626, 3757; C.S., s. 3504; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 478; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 1998-128, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-151 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-151 - Passenger refusing to pay fare or violating rules may be ejected.

 62-151. Passenger refusing to pay fare or violating rules may be ejected.If any passenger shall refuse to pay his fare, or be or become intoxicated, or violate the rules of a common carrier, it shall be lawful for the driver of the bus or other conveyance, and servants of the carrier, on stopping the conveyance, to put him and his baggage out of the conveyance, using no unnecessary force. (1871-2, c. 138, s. 34; Code, s. 1962; Rev., s. 2629; C.S., s. 3507; 1949, c. 1132, s. 30; 1953, c. 1140, s. 4; 1957, c. 1152, s. 16; 1961, c. 472, s. 11; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 1998-128, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-152.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-152.2 - Standard transportation practices.

 62-152.2. Standard transportation practices.(a) For the purposes of this section, "standard transportation practices" means:(1) Uniform cargo liability rules.(2) Uniform bills of lading or receipts for property being transported.(3) Uniform cargo credit rules.(4) Antitrust immunity for joint line rates or routes, classification, and mileage guides.(b) A person otherwise exempt from regulation by the Commission under Public Law 103-305 may file an application with the Commission to participate in one or more standard transportation practices under rules set out by the Commission. (1995, c. 523, s. 10.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-153 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-153 - Contracts of public utilities with certain companies and for services.

 62-153. Contracts of public utilities with certain companies and for services.(a) All public utilities shall file with the Commission copies of contracts with any affiliated or subsidiary holding, managing, operating, constructing, engineering, financing or purchasing company or agency, and when requested by the Commission, copies of contracts with any person selling service of any kind. The Commission may disapprove, after hearing, any such contract if it is found to be unjust or unreasonable, and made for the purpose or with the effect of concealing, transferring or dissipating the earnings of the public utility. Such contracts so disapproved by the Commission shall be void and shall not be carried out by the public utility which is a party thereto, nor shall any payments be made thereunder. Provided, however, that in the case of motor carriers of passengers this subsection shall apply only to such contracts as the Commission shall request such carriers to file.(b) No public utility shall pay any fees, commissions or compensation of any description whatsoever to any affiliated or subsidiary holding, managing, operating, constructing, engineering, financing or purchasing company or agency for services rendered or to be rendered without first filing copies of all proposed agreements and contracts with the Commission and obtaining its approval. Provided, however, that this subsection shall not apply to (i) motor carriers of passengers or (ii) power purchase agreements entered into pursuant to the competitive renewable energy procurement process established pursuant to G.S. 62-110.8.  (1931, c. 455; 1933, c. 134, s. 8; c. 307, s. 17; 1941, c. 97; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1; 2017-192, s. 2(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 62-154 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-154 - Surplus power rates.

 62-154. Surplus power rates.The Commission is authorized to investigate the sale of surplus electric power and the rates made for such energy, and to prescribe reasonable rules and rates for such sales. (1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-159.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 7 - Rates of Public Utilities.|§ 62-159.1 - Debt collection practices.

 62-159.1. Debt collection practices.(a) A public utility, electric membership corporation, and telephone membership corporation shall not do any of the following in its debt collection practices:(1) Suspend or disconnect service to a customer because of a past-due and unpaid balance for service incurred by another person who resides with the customer after service has been provided to the customer's household, unless one or more of the following apply:a. The customer and the person were members of the same household at a different location when the unpaid balance for service was incurred.b. The person was a member of the customer's current household when the service was established, and the person had an unpaid balance for service at that time.c. The person is or becomes responsible for the bill for the service to the customer.(2) Require that in order to continue service, a customer must agree to be liable for the delinquent account of any other person who will reside in the customer's household after the customer receives the service, unless one or more of the following apply:a. The customer and the person were members of the same household at a different location when the unpaid balance for service was incurred.b. The person was a member of the customer's current household when the service was established, and the person had an unpaid balance for service at that time.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, if a customer misrepresents his or her identity in a written or verbal agreement for service or receives service using another person's identity, the public utility, electric membership corporation, and telephone membership corporation shall have the power to collect a delinquent account using any remedy provided by law for collecting and enforcing private debts from that customer.  (2009-302, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-160 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-160 - Permission to pledge assets.

 62-160. Permission to pledge assets.No public utility shall pledge its faith, credit, moneys or property for the benefit of any holder of its preferred or common stocks or bonds, nor for any other business interest with which it may be affiliated through agents or holding companies or otherwise by the authority of the action of its stockholders, directors, or contract or other agents, the compliance or result of which would in any manner deplete, reduce, conceal, abstract or dissipate the earnings or assets thereof, decrease or increase its liabilities or assets, without first making application to the Commission and by order obtain its permission so to do. (1933, c. 307, s. 17; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-161 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-161 - Assumption of certain liabilities and obligations to be approved by Commission; refinancing of public utility securities.

 62-161. Assumption of certain liabilities and obligations to be approved by Commission; refinancing of public utility securities.(a) No public utility shall issue any securities, or assume any liability or obligation as lessor, lessee, guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise, in respect to the securities of any other person unless and until, and then only to the extent that, upon application by such utility, and after investigation by the Commission of the purposes and uses of the proposed issue, and the proceeds thereof, or of the proposed assumption of obligation or liability in respect of the securities of any other person, the Commission by order authorizes such issue or assumption.(b) The Commission shall make such order only if it finds that such issue or assumption is (i) for some lawful object within the corporate purposes of the public utility, (ii) is compatible with the public interest, (iii) is necessary or appropriate for or consistent with the proper performance by such utility of its service to the public and will not impair its ability to perform that service, and (iv) is reasonably necessary and appropriate for such purpose.(c) Any such order of the Commission shall specify the purposes for which any such securities or the proceeds thereof may be used by the public utility making such application.(d) If a public utility shall apply to the Commission for the refinancing of its outstanding shares of stock by exchanging or redeeming such outstanding shares, the exchange or redemption of such shares of any dividend rate or rates, class or classes, may be made in whole or in part, in the manner and to the extent approved by the Commission, notwithstanding any provisions of law applicable to corporations in general: Provided, that the proposed transactions are found by the Commission to be in the public interest and in the interest of consumers and investors, and provided that any redemption shall be at a price or prices, not less than par, and at a time or times, stated or provided for in the utility's charter or stock certificates. (1933, c. 307, s. 18; 1945, c. 656; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-162 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-162 - Commission may approve in whole or in part or refuse approval.

 62-162. Commission may approve in whole or in part or refuse approval.The Commission, by its order, may grant or deny the application provided for in the preceding section [G.S. 62-161] as made, or may grant it in part or deny it in part or may grant it with such modification and upon such terms and conditions as the Commission may deem necessary or appropriate in the premises and may, from time to time, for good cause shown, make such supplemental orders in the premises as it may deem necessary or appropriate and may, by any such supplemental order, modify the provisions of any previous order as to the particular purposes, uses, and extent to which or the conditions under which any securities so authorized or the proceeds thereof may be applied; subject always to the requirements of the foregoing section [G.S. 62-161]. (1933, c. 307, s. 19; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-163 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-163 - Contents of application for permission.

 62-163. Contents of application for permission.Every application for authority for such issue or assumption shall be made in such form and contain such matters as the Commission may prescribe. Every such application and every certificate of notification hereinafter provided for shall be made under oath, signed and filed on behalf of the public utility by its president, a vice-president, auditor, comptroller, or other executive officer duly designated for that purpose by such utility. (1933, c. 307, s. 20; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-164 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-164 - Applications to receive immediate attention; continuances.

 62-164. Applications to receive immediate attention; continuances.All applications for the issuance of securities or assumption of liability or obligation shall be placed at the head of the Commission's docket and disposed of promptly, and all such applications shall be disposed of in 30 days after the same are filed with the Commission, unless it is necessary for good cause to continue the same for a longer period for consideration. Whenever such application is continued beyond 30 days after the time it is filed, the order making such continuance must state fully the facts necessitating such continuance. (1933, c. 307, s. 21; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-165 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-165 - Notifying Commission as to disposition of securities.

 62-165. Notifying Commission as to disposition of securities.Whenever any securities set forth and described in any such application for authority or certificate of notification as pledged or held unencumbered in the treasury of the utility shall, subsequent to the filing of such application or certificate, be sold, pledged, repledged, or otherwise disposed of, by the utility, such utility shall, within 10 days after such sale, pledge, repledge, or other disposition, file with the Commission a certificate of notification to that effect, setting forth therein all such facts as may be required by the Commission. (1933, c. 307, s. 22; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-166 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-166 - No guarantee on part of State.

 62-166. No guarantee on part of State.Nothing herein shall be construed to imply any guarantee or obligation as to such securities on the part of the State of North Carolina. (1933, c. 307, s. 23; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-167 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-167 - Article not applicable to note issues and renewals; notice to Commission.

 62-167. Article not applicable to note issues and renewals; notice to Commission.The provisions of the foregoing sections shall not apply to notes issued by a utility for proper purposes and not in violation of law, payable at a period of not more than two years from the date thereof, and shall not apply to like notes issued by a utility payable at a period of not more than two years from date thereof, to pay, retire, discharge, or refund in whole or in part any such note or notes, and shall not apply to renewals thereof from time to time not exceeding in the aggregate six years from the date of the issue of the original note or notes so renewed or refunded. No such notes payable at a period of not more than two years from the date thereof, shall, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, be paid, retired, discharged or refunded by any issue of securities or another kind of any term or character or from the proceeds thereof without the approval of the Commission. Within 10 days after the making of any such notes, so payable at periods of not more than two years from the date thereof, the utility issuing the same shall file with the Commission a certificate of notification, in such form as may be determined and prescribed by the Commission. (1933, c. 307, ss. 24, 25; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-168 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-168 - Not applicable to debentures of court receivers.

 62-168. Not applicable to debentures of court receivers.Nothing contained in this Article shall limit the power of any court having jurisdiction to authorize or cause receiver's certificates or debentures to be issued according to the rules and practice obtained in receivership proceedings in courts of equity. (1933, c. 307, s. 25; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 62-169 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 62 - Public Utilities|Article 8 - Securities Regulation.|§ 62-169 - Periodical or special reports.

 62-169. Periodical or special reports.The Commission shall require periodical or special reports from each public utility issuing any security, including such notes payable at periods of not more than two years from the date thereof, which shall show, in such detail as the Commission may require, the disposition made of such securities and the application of the proceeds. (1933, c. 307, s. 26; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)