Michigan · statute · 299 of 1972, Mich. Comp. Laws · 10 active provisions
As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the public service commission. (b) "Department" means the department of commerce. (c) "Public utility" means a steam, heat, electric, power, gas, water, wastewater, telecommunications, telegraph, communications, pipeline, or gas producing company regulated by the commission,…
The department within 30 days after the enactment into law of any appropriation to it, shall ascertain the amount of the appropriation attributable to the regulation of public utilities. This amount shall be assessed against the public utilities and shall be apportioned amongst them as follows: The gross revenue for th…
For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1973 and annually thereafter, there shall be deducted from any amount to be assessed under section 2 an amount equal to the difference by which the actual expenditures for the previous fiscal year attributable to the regulation of public utilities are less than the amounts appropr…
All moneys paid into the state treasury by a public utility under this act shall be credited to a special account, to be utilized solely to finance the cost of regulating public utilities.
Notwithstanding section 5, the commission may use assessments received under this act to administer the uniform video services local franchise act, 2006 PA 480, MCL 484.3301 to 484.3315.
Within 15 days after the receipt of any statement of amount assessed under this act, the public utility may file with the commission objections setting forth in detail the grounds upon which the assessment is claimed to be excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid. The commission, after notice to the utility shall hold…
A suit or proceeding shall not be maintained in a court for the purpose of restraining or delaying the collection or payment of an assessment made under this act. A person or corporation making a payment under this act, believing the amount to be excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid may file a statement of claim w…
The commission may exempt a public utility from this act, if, after notice and hearing, it determines that gross revenues derived from intrastate operations is not a fair or equitable basis for assessing the costs of regulating that public utility and prescribes a fair and equitable manner for assessing such costs of r…
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 sections 483.101 to 483.120 of the Compiled Laws of 1948 or Act No. 16 of the Public Acts of 1929, as amended, being sections 483.1 to 483.11 of the Compiled Laws of…
This act shall take effect when Senate Bill No. 699 of 1971 is enacted and becomes effective.