Terms Used In Alabama Code 37-1-58

  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Every utility doing business in this state must, within 90 days after the close of business for its preceding fiscal or calendar year, make to the commission in the manner prescribed, and upon the blanks to be furnished by said commission, annual returns of the business of such utility, and any such utility failing to make such reports unless granted an extension by the Alabama Public Service Commission, shall forfeit to the state $50.00 for each day of failure.