Terms Used In California Constitution Article XII § 6 - The commission may fix rates, establish rules, examine records, issue ...

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  

The commission may fix rates, establish rules, examine records, issue subpenas, administer oaths, take testimony, punish for contempt, and prescribe a uniform system of accounts for all public utilities subject to its jurisdiction.

(Sec. 6 added Nov. 5, 1974, by Prop. 12. Res.Ch. 88, 1974.)