When a petition is assigned for hearing in accordance with Rule 515-4-1-.01, the Commission shall fix a time and place for hearing thereon, and shall give to the applicant not less than ten days' notice thereof, either personally or by mail; the applicant shall publish a notice of the application and the time and place of the hearing in such newspapers and at such times as the Commission shall direct. At the hearing the applicant shall produce such witnesses and furnish such books, papers, documents, and contracts as the Commission shall at any time before final decision on the application require, and must establish to the satisfaction of the Commission that the proposed issue of stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness is for the benefit of the public service, and is otherwise lawful.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 515-4-1-.13
Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 125; 1907, pp. 72, 75; 1922, pp. 143, 144; 1950, p. 311; 1956, pp. 104, 105; 1970, p. 104; 1972, pp. 138, 439, 615; 1973, pp. 200-220.