Section 4A. Upon request of the mayor of a city or the selectman of a town, or of a member of the general court or of twenty customers of the company affected, a public hearing ordered by the department, to be held in connection with any change in rates or reduction in or discontinuance of service, shall be held in the city or town or area wherein the company affected does business or in which any decision of the commission would apply. No public hearing on a discontinuance of service by a common carrier of passengers by motor vehicle shall take place until the expiration of thirty days from notice thereof to the public in the city, town or area affected thereby, and such notice shall be given in the manner provided by section three of chapter thirty A. The department shall, at least fourteen days prior to holding any public hearing under this section, notify in writing the mayor of each city and the selectmen of each town in which the company does business of the time and place of such hearing.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities
Section 1 - Department of Public Utilities; Seal
Section 1a - Department Priorities
Section 2a - Energy Advisory Board; Membership; Duties
Section 3 - Commissioners; Oath; Interests in Regulated Industry Companies
Section 4 - Chairman of Commission; Powers and Duties; Hearings; Investigations; Reports
Section 4b - Authority of Commissioner Upon Declaration of State of Emergency
Section 5 - Rulings; Orders; Appeal; Costs; Staying Enforcement; Burden of Proof; Evidence
Section 5a - Witnesses; Summonses; Subpoenas; Fees
Section 5b - Rules and Regulations
Section 5c - Hazardous Materials; Rail Transportation Regulations
Section 5d - Trade Secrets, Confidential Information; Protection From Disclosure; Burden of Proof
Section 7 - Duties Relative to Common Carriers; Employees; Division of Railroad Track Inspection
Section 8 - Duties Relative to Common Carriers; Expenditures
Section 9 - Duties Relative to Water, Gas and Electric Companies; Expenditures; Employees
Section 10 - Officers and Employees; Supervision and Control
Section 12f - Transportation Division; Director; Assistants
Section 12g - Transportation Division; Investigations and Inquiries
Section 12n - Facility Siting Division
Section 12o - Department of Telecommunications and Energy Trust Fund
Section 12p - Department of Public Utilities Storm Trust Fund
Section 12q - Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund
Section 12r - Department of Public Utilities Unified Carrier Registration Trust Fund
Section 22 - Energy Efficiency Advisory Council; Membership; Duties; Quarterly Report to Council