AGO Opinion Topics: FRANCHISE

Upon expiration of a franchise to operate a water company, a city may compel the company to remove its properties from the city streets.

1. The director of highways must consider an application for franchise made by a corporation whose articles of incorporation have been approved by the Secretary of State.2. An application referring to state highways by number and referring to the right to locate and construct gas pipe, telephone, and telegraph lines, adequately describes the state highway or portion thereof over which the franchise is desired and the nature of the franchise