54-10a-201. Office of Consumer Services — Director.
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There is created within the Department of Commerce the “Office of Consumer Services.” |
Terms Used In Utah Code 54-10a-201
- Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
- Department: means the Department of Transportation created in Section 72-1-201. See Utah Code 54-2-1
- Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Public utility: includes every railroad corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, distribution electrical cooperative, wholesale electrical cooperative, telephone corporation, telegraph corporation, water corporation, sewerage corporation, heat corporation, and independent energy producer not described in Section 54-2-201 where the service is performed for, or the commodity delivered to, the public generally, or in the case of a gas corporation or electrical corporation where the gas or electricity is sold or furnished to any member or consumers within the state for domestic, commercial, or industrial use. See Utah Code 54-2-1
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The governor shall appoint, with the concurrence of the Committee of Consumer Services and the advice and consent of the Senate, a qualified person in the field of public utilities to be the director of the office. |
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The director shall serve for a term of six years. |
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For purposes of the individual who is the director on May 12, 2009, that individual’s six-year term is considered to begin on July 1, 2009. |
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The governor may remove the director for cause. |
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In accordance with this chapter, the director shall on behalf of the office:
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represent residential consumers and small commercial consumers of an applicable public utility; and |
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represent the interests of:
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residential consumers; and |
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small commercial consumers. |
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Amended by Chapter 352, 2020 General Session
