Sec. 16-45. Increase or reduction of capital stock by public service companies.
Sec. 16-45. Increase or reduction of capital stock by public service companies.
Any public service company which is authorized to increase its authorized capital stock
in accordance with the laws applicable to corporations organized under the general law
may increase or reduce its authorized capital stock at a meeting of its stockholders
warned and held for that purpose by a vote of at least two-thirds of each class of stock
issued and outstanding at the time of such vote, or at a meeting of the stockholders called
upon thirty days' notice by a vote of at least two-thirds of each class of stock represented
at such meeting. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect in any way the powers and
authority of the Department of Public Utility Control with respect to issuance of securities by public service companies.
(1949 Rev., S. 5436; 1949, 1951, S. 2609d; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 78, 348.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced
public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of
business regulation.
See Sec. 16-43(b) re issuance and approval of notes, bonds, securities, etc.