Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1173

  • commission: means the Louisiana Public Service Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1161
  • 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.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Public utility: means any person, public or private, subject to the general jurisdiction of the commission but not including carriers by rail, water, electric or motor vehicles or pipelines, or public utilities municipally owned, or operated, or regulated, unless the electors of such municipality, and electors residing outside the municipality, who are customers of the municipally owned utility, have manifested their approval of such jurisdiction as is required by La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1161

A copy of any order made and entered by the commission under La. Rev. Stat. 45:1168 through 45:1175, duly certified by the secretary of the commission, shall be sufficient evidence for all purposes of full and complete compliance by the public utility with all procedural and other matters required precedent to the entry of the order.