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2005 Rhode Island Code - § 39-4-7 — Hearings in locality of consumers affected.
In any matter within the jurisdiction of the division of public utilities and
carriers, involving water rates, charges, or accommodation of the public, or
the safety or potability of drinking water, and affecting the inhabitants of
any particular community in any town or city, the division, upon request of the
town or city council, as the case may be, so affected, shall hold at least one
session of the public hearing on the matter within the county where the town or
city is located; provided, however, the provisions of this section shall not
apply to chapter 12 of this title; and provided, further, however, that the
requesting authority shall provide suitable accommodation to be supplied by the
town or city council, as the case may be, requesting the hearing.
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