§ 49-03-01 Certificate of public convenience and necessity – Secured by electric public utility
§ 49-03-01.1 Limitation on electric transmission and distribution lines, extensions, and service by electric public utilities
§ 49-03-01.3 Exclusions from limitations on electric distribution lines, extension, and service and on issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity
§ 49-03-01.4 Enforcement of act
§ 49-03-01.5 Definitions
§ 49-03-02 Prerequisites to issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity
§ 49-03-03 Franchise not to be exercised without certificate
§ 49-03-04 Replacement or renewal of franchise – Certificate of public convenience and necessity not necessary
§ 49-03-05 Complaint upon violation of chapter
§ 49-03-06 Service agreements among electric providers

Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 49-03 - Electric Utility Franchise

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33