§ 45:1161 Definitions
§ 45:1161.1 A. There shall be a Public Service Commission, which shall consist of five members, who shall be qualified electors. The members shall be elected from single-member districts, establ
§ 45:1161.2 Domicile; quorum; officers
§ 45:1161.3 District staffing
§ 45:1161.4 A. The state shall be divided into the following five Public Service Commission districts, and one commissioner shall be elected from each district:
§ 45:1162 Salaries of members
§ 45:1163 A.(1) The commission shall exercise all necessary power and authority over any street railway, gas, electric light, heat, power, waterworks, or other local public utility for the pur
§ 45:1163.1 Common carrier or public utility rate increases under protective bond or security; definitions, procedure for filing bonds; refunds
§ 45:1163.2 Establishment of rates
§ 45:1163.3 Economics and rate analysis division and hearing examiners division
§ 45:1164 Extent of power as to service; exception
§ 45:1164.1 Definitions
§ 45:1164.2 Petition for election
§ 45:1164.3 Any qualified elector desiring a referendum election shall sign a petition addressed to the governing authority of the municipality or other political subdivision in which he resides, or o
§ 45:1164.4 Filing of petition with registrar of voters; publication
§ 45:1164.5 Verification of petition by registrar; filing with governing authority
§ 45:1164.6 Ordering of election after thirty days; removal of names within that time; date of election
§ 45:1164.7 Ballot; majority determination of issues
§ 45:1164.8 Conduct of election; voting machines or ballot boxes
§ 45:1164.9 Violation of standards for petition or election; nullity of election
§ 45:1164.10 Recount of ballots or contest of elections
§ 45:1164.11 Parish board of supervisors to supervise elections; fees of board
§ 45:1164.12 Commissioners and clerks for elections
§ 45:1164.13 Promulgation of elections results
§ 45:1165 Railroads; powers of commission
§ 45:1166 Telegraphs and telephones; service; power of commission; indecent telephone calls; emergency cutting, rerouting or diverting of telephone lines; solicitation calls, request not to receive; long distance services
§ 45:1166.1 Transfer of long distance services; suits for damages
§ 45:1166.2 Cramming
§ 45:1166.3 Collect calls from penal institutions
§ 45:1167 Express; service, powers of commission
§ 45:1168 Security issues and assumptions of liability; commission’s authorization necessary
§ 45:1169 Security issues; application to commission; preference on docket
§ 45:1170 Security issues; supplemental orders of commission
§ 45:1171 Security issues; issue or assumption for necessary purpose
§ 45:1172 Security issues; commission’s order to be followed
§ 45:1173 Security issues; evidence of compliance
§ 45:1174 Security issues; no guarantee on part of state
§ 45:1175 Security issues; exceptions
§ 45:1176 Investigations as to reasonableness of rates; operating expenses
§ 45:1177 A.(1) Each motor carrier as defined in R.S. 45:162(12) and public utility doing business in Louisiana and subject to control and jurisdiction of the commission shall pay to the state
§ 45:1179 Inspection and supervision fee; collection; computation
§ 45:1180 Expenses incurred to assist in investigations to be paid by carrier or utility
§ 45:1181 Expenses of investigation by attorneys and consultants employed to assist the commission; items; amount; certification; payment; contest
§ 45:1182 Expenses of investigation; failure to pay; revocation of certificate of authority to do business
§ 45:1183 Expenses of investigation; utilities affected
§ 45:1184 Witnesses before commission; summons
§ 45:1185 Process of commission; form; execution
§ 45:1186 Contempt of commission
§ 45:1187 Process of commission; sheriff’s refusal to serve or execute
§ 45:1188 Process of commission; sheriff’s liability for refusal to serve or execute
§ 45:1189 Process of commission; sheriff’s compensation
§ 45:1190 Appearance before Interstate Commerce Commission
§ 45:1191 Commission’s orders; effective date
§ 45:1192 Commission’s orders; judicial review; limitation; proceedings
§ 45:1193 Contest of acts of commission; filing of transcript
§ 45:1194 Contest of acts of commission; evidence not offered before commission; remand to the commission
§ 45:1195 Contest of acts of commission; effect of rescission or alteration of order
§ 45:1196 Violation of commission’s order; petition; notice; investigation
§ 45:1197 Violation of commission’s order; award of damages
§ 45:1198 Violation of commission’s order; suits for damages
§ 45:1198.1 Suits for enforcement of commission orders; venue; judicial recognition of commission orders; attorney fees; costs; interest
§ 45:1199 Violation of commission’s order; joinder of parties
§ 45:1200 Violation of commission’s order; penalty
§ 45:1201 Violation of commission’s order; law to be posted
§ 45:1202 Violation of commission’s order; exception
§ 45:1203 Sewerage disposal companies; regulation
§ 45:1204 East Baton Rouge Parish; water regulation
§ 45:1205 Livingston Parish; water regulation

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 45 > Chapter 9 > Part V - Public Service Commission

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • commission: means the Louisiana Public Service Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1161
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Guarantor: A party who agrees to be responsible for the payment of another party's debts should that party default. Source: OCC
  • 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.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • 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.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • 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
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Security: means any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture or other evidence of interest in or indebtedness of a public utility. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:1161
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.