Terms Used In Missouri Laws 386.145

  • Commission: the "Public Service Commission" hereby created. See Missouri Laws 386.020
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Service: includes not only the use and accommodations afforded consumers or patrons, but also any product or commodity furnished by any corporation, person or public utility and the plant, equipment, apparatus, appliances, property and facilities employed by any corporation, person or public utility in performing any service or in furnishing any product or commodity and devoted to the public purposes of such corporation, person or public utility, and to the use and accommodation of consumers or patrons. See Missouri Laws 386.020

The chairman of the public service commission may destroy by burning, or otherwise dispose of as ordered by the public service commission, such records, financial statements and such public documents which shall at the time of destruction or disposal have been on file in the office of the public service commission for a period of five years or longer and which are determined by the public service commission to be obsolete or of no further public use or value, except such records and documents as may at the time be the subject of litigation or dispute.