[§271G-12]  Temporary authority.  To
enable the provision of service for which there is an immediate and urgent need
to a point or points or within a territory having no carrier service capable of
meeting the need, the public utilities commission may, in its discretion and
without hearings or other proceedings, grant temporary authority for such
service by a water carrier.  The temporary authority, unless suspended or
revoked for good cause, shall be valid for such time as the commission shall
specify, but for no more than a period of one hundred twenty days for any one
immediate and urgent need. [L 1974, c 94, pt of §1]