Terms Used In Michigan Laws 460.119

  • Commission: means the public service commission. See Michigan Laws 460.111
  • 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.
  • Public utility: means a steam, heat, electric, power, gas, water, wastewater, telecommunications, telegraph, communications, pipeline, or gas producing company regulated by the commission, whether private, corporate, or cooperative, except a municipally owned utility. See Michigan Laws 460.111
   Any public utility over which the commission has jurisdiction solely pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 9 of the Public Acts of 1929, as amended, being section 483.101 to 483.120 of the Compiled Laws of 1948 or Act No. 16 of the Public Acts of 1929, as amended, being section 483.1 to 483.11 of the Compiled Laws of 1948 or Act No. 144 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being section 460.301 to 460.303 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, shall pay fees as prescribed by the commission in lieu of any assessment under the provisions of this act.