(1)  Each public utility shall have an office in a county of this state in which its property or some portion thereof is located, and shall keep in said office all such books, accounts, papers and records as shall be required by the commission to be kept within this state. No books, accounts, papers or records required by the commission to be kept within this state shall be at any time removed from the state except upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the commission.

Terms Used In Utah Code 54-7-8

  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See Utah Code 54-2-1
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See 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
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2)  The commission may require, by order served on any public utility in the manner provided herein for the service of orders, the production within this state at such time and place as it may designate of any books, accounts, papers or records kept by said public utility in any office or place without this state, or at its option verified copies in lieu thereof, so that an examination thereof may be made by the commission or under its direction.

No Change Since 1953

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