Section 81. Approval of incorporation and franchises; certificate  


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  • No steam
      corporation  shall  begin  construction  of  a steam plant without first
      having obtained the permission and approval of the commission.  No  such
      corporation  shall  exercise  any right or privilege under any franchise
      hereafter granted, or under any franchise  heretofore  granted  but  not
      heretofore  actually exercised, or the exercise of which shall have been
      suspended for more than one year,  without  first  having  obtained  the
      permission and approval of the commission. Before such certificate shall
      be  issued  a certified copy of the charter of such corporation shall be
      filed in  the  office  of  the  commission,  together  with  a  verified
      statement  of  the  president  and secretary of the corporation, showing
      that it has received  the  required  consent  of  the  proper  municipal
      authorities. The commission shall have power to grant the permission and
      approval  herein specified whenever it shall after due hearing determine
      that such construction or such  exercise  of  the  right,  privilege  or
      franchise is necessary or convenient for the public service.
        No  municipality  shall  build,  maintain  and  operate for other than
      municipal  purposes  any  works  or  systems  for  the  manufacture  and
      supplying  of  steam  for  purposes  without  a certificate of authority
      granted by the commission. If the certificate of authority  is  refused,
      no  further  proceedings  shall be taken by such municipality before the
      commission, but a new application may be made therefor  after  one  year
      from the date of such refusal.