Indiana Code 8-1-2-70. Expenses of investigations
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-2-70
- Commission: as used in this chapter , means the commission created by IC 8-1-1-2. See Indiana Code 8-1-2-1
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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
Sec. 70. In its order upon any investigation made under the provisions of this chapter, IC 8-1.5-3, or IC 8-1.5-6, either upon complaint against any municipal utility, upon the petition of any such municipal utility, or upon the initiation of the commission, the commission shall ascertain and declare the expenses incurred by it upon such investigation, and the municipal utility affected thereby shall pay into the commission public utility fund account described in IC 8-1-6-2 the amount of the expenses, so ascertained and declared, within a time to be fixed in the order, not exceeding twenty (20) days from the date thereof. The commission shall cause a certified copy of all such orders to be delivered to an officer or agent of the municipal utility affected thereby, and all such orders shall, of their own force, take effect and become operative twenty (20) days after service thereof unless a different time be provided in said order. Any order of the commission as may increase any rate of such municipal utility shall not take effect until such expenses are paid into the commission public utility fund account described in IC 8-1-6-2.
Formerly: Acts 1913, c.76, s.74; Acts 1925, c.60, s.1; Acts 1963, c.187, s.2; Acts 1969, c.260, s.1. As amended by P.L.59-1984, SEC.30; P.L.384-1987(ss), SEC.6; P.L.251-2013, SEC.2; P.L.213-2014, SEC.2.