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§ 34-502 — Certificate showing authority to issue stock or pay dividends to be obtained.

District of Columbia § 34-502
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 34Public Utilities.
Ch. 5Issuance of Securities.

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D.C. Code § 34-502 (2026).

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No public utility shall hereafter issue any stocks, stock certificates, bonds, mortgages, or any other evidences of indebtedness payable in more than 1 year from date, or pay any stock, bond or scrip dividend, until it shall have first obtained the certificate of the Commission showing authority for such issue from the Commission.

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Legislative History

Mar. 4, 1913, 37 Stat. 990, ch. 150, § 8, par. 73; Aug. 4, 1955, 69 Stat. 485, ch. 545, § 2

Nearby Sections

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§ 34-1001
Assignment of franchise; acquisition of stocks and bonds of competing utilities.
§ 34-1002
Antimerger law.
§ 34-101
Applicability of this subtitle.
§ 34-102
Corporations subject to this subtitle.
§ 34-1101
Utility service and charges to be just and reasonable; certification required.
§ 34-1102
Use of equipment of other companies; application to Commission to require such use in event of disagreement.
§ 34-1103
Commission to compel compliance with laws and ordinances.
§ 34-1104
Proposed changes in law to be submitted to Commission; hearings; recommendations to Congress.
§ 34-1105
Commission to ascertain cost of construction, replacement value, outstanding stock; information to be printed in annual report.
§ 34-1106
Property to be valued as of time of evaluation.
§ 34-1107
Valuation; notice and hearing; statement of valuation to be filed.
§ 34-1108
Revaluation.
§ 34-1109
Uniform accounts to be rendered; separate account of other business may be required.
§ 34-1110
Commission to prescribe forms of books and records.
§ 34-1111
Commission to furnish blank forms.
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