Sec. 8. (a) The commission, within five (5) days after any such valuation is determined, shall deliver a written statement thereof to the public utility interested and a copy thereof to the clerk of each municipality in which any part of the plant or equipment of such utility is located. In such statement, the commission shall declare and fix the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by it in making such valuation, and, within twenty (20) days thereafter, the utility shall pay into the treasury of the state the amount of the expenses so declared and fixed.

     (b) The commission shall not make any order, based on any such valuation, increasing any rate of any public utility until such expenses have been paid. All such moneys paid into the treasury of the state are hereby appropriated to the commission until and including September 30, 1925, to defray its expenses until said date and thereafter shall be paid into the general fund of the state.

Formerly: Acts 1913, c.76, s.11; Acts 1925, c.63, s.1. As amended by P.L.23-1988, SEC.22.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-2-8

  • Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Commission: as used in this chapter , means the commission created by IC 8-1-1-2. See Indiana Code 8-1-2-1
  • Municipality: as used in this chapter , means any city or town of Indiana. See Indiana Code 8-1-2-1
  • public utility: as used in this chapter , means every corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company, individual, association of individuals, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court, that may own, operate, manage, or control any plant or equipment within the state for the:

    Indiana Code 8-1-2-1

  • Rate: as used in this chapter , means every individual or joint rate, fare, toll, charge, rental, or other compensation of any utility or any two (2) or more such individual or joint rates, fares, tolls, charges, rentals, or other compensation of any utility or any schedule or tariff thereof, but nothing in this subsection shall give the commission any control, jurisdiction, or authority over the rate charged by a municipally owned utility except as in this chapter expressly provided. See Indiana Code 8-1-2-1
  • Utility: as used in this chapter , means every plant or equipment within the state used for:

    Indiana Code 8-1-2-1