The Dolores star., 1922-10-13
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
lie IL Enacted by the People Of tn,
State OF Colorado:


Section l. a Public Utilities Com
mission is hereby created. to consist Of
thre" i3i members, who shall be ap-
pointed by the governor by and with
the advice and consent of the senate.
and which shall hs We tn" fun. sole and
exclusive power and Jurisdiction to
regulate the business, charges, service
and facilities Of III public utilities Op-
Grating at any place within the state
of Colorado, or wholly within or partly
within and partly 'Yithout the city and
county Of Denver or any other city.
city and county or other municipality.
whether such city. city and county or
other municipality has been or shall be
organized by or under the constitution
or other laws of Colorado. and whe-
ther operated by natural persons or
corporations, and said commission shall
also have such other powers as The
legislature may confer.
Section . The terms of office OF the
public utilities commissioners appoint
ed pursuant to statute, and who are in
office at the time this amendment Is
adopted, shall Immediately terminate.
and said commissioners shall respec-
lively become commissioners under this
article. and shall continue in office for
their respective |, ms as fixed by stat
ute. and for two CD years thereafter.
and upon the expiration of said respec-
tive terms Of office as hereby provided
and extended, appointments shall be
made for the full term of six co years,
except where an appointment is made
to fill an uneNpired term. and in that
event the person appointed to fill the
vacancy shall hold office for the re-
mainder of the term only: provided.
that not more than two of the three
commissioners appointed hereunder
shall be members of the same political
party. and no two commissioners shall
be selected from the same judicial dis
tricts. The salary of each commissioner
shall be not less than -Four Thousand
$4,000 Dollars per annum. to be paid
at the same time and from the same
fund as the salaries of the executive
OFFICERS of the state are paid.
Section 3. No court, except the su-
preme court, shall have Jurisdiction to
annul. vacate. stay or otherwise modify
any order finding or Judgment Of the
commission. and the supreme court only
to matters of law and by writ Of re-
view to be prosecuted in the manner to
be prescribed by the Legislature. or in
the absence of such Legislation. in the
manner provided by the code of civil
procedure for reviews by the supreme
court Of the Judgment of inferior
courts: but nothing herein shall be
construed as comforting any Legislative
powers upon the supreme court.
Section 4. The term public utilities
as used in this article shall include cv-
cry person natural or artificial, oper-
ating rally ". telegraph. telephone,
railways motor vehicles rendering
service similar to that afforded by rail-
ways or street railways. gas works and
water works. where the water is sup
piled to municipalities and their inhab-
tants for domestic purposes. but shall
not include any municipality owned util-
ity.
Section 5. This article is declared to
be self-executing, but it shall be the
{ duty of the legislature to pass all laws
and make all appropriations necessary
fully to accomplish the purposes eX-
pressed in this article. Pending such
Legislation the commission shall have
the power to adopt all necessary rules
not inconsistent with the laws of the
state. providing the procedure for the
! performance Of their duties.
The Secretary OF State. Attorney Cen
eral and the Reporter of the Supreme
Court do hereby designate and fix as
: the ballot title and submis ssion clause
to the proposed constitutional amend
ment herein. the following: