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RCW 80.12.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, association, firm, public service company, or any other entity, however organized. (2) "Public s…
RCW 80.12.020 Order required to sell, merge, etc.—Exemption.
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(1) No public service company shall sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of its franchises, properties or facilities whatsoever, which are necessary or useful in the performance of its duties to the public, and no public service company shall, by any …
RCW 80.12.030 Disposal without authorization void—Approval or denial within eleven months, extension permitted.
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(1) Any such sale, lease, assignment, or other disposition, merger or consolidation made without authority of the commission shall be void. (2) The commission shall enter an order approving or denying a transaction under RCW 80.12.020 or 80.12.040 within eleven months of the date…
RCW 80.12.040 Authority required to acquire property or securities of utility.
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No public service company shall, directly or indirectly, purchase, acquire, or become the owner of any of the franchises, properties, facilities, capital stocks or bonds of any other public service company unless authorized so to do by the commission. Nothing contained in this ch…