RS 45:63 - Public service corporations, status as Corporations availing themselves of the privileges conferred by R.S. 45:61 and 45:62 and by Art. 13, Section 6 of the Constitution are deemed public service corporations within the territory selected by them for the distribution of water. R.S. 45:61, however, does not confer the right of expropriation upon existing canal systems nor declares existing canal systems public service corporations.
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