Gunnison news-champion., 1922-10-06
CDSsTlTl 'TlUEAI. AMENDMENT
Ft.lLIr UTILITIES COMMISSION.
lie IL Enacted by the People OF the
State Of tolorudog

E.,llan l. A Public uJuuucs Com
I..n...H .H H-l gs created. tu cauE.si u
t.s.. l8I ErmGsre. 81 hs email Oo ag-
I"la'"i D. ing aay"EHuT ~ ana with
f.a advice aud EaEHout Of the senate.
nEI which raa.N HI vf thS full sole and
f-. ..H..e power and JgEladletiun to
l'aH.-'" ia" bIa.E.HH, Charge. service
nr4 .n .|ii.a uf II public utilities uF-
rsatEaa AZ any place within the state
20 '"."aGiH. HT 81 holly within OF partly
.f..H and partly rGthHut the city and
..-nfy ot Denver or any other city.
0.'g uGi county or other municipality.
iEDr such city city and county or
olarT Tgni. Ipaity has been uF shall bs
.rsaulz.d By sE under the constitution
.r other laws oE Colorado. and Nhs-
lasT operated % natural persons or
.,Fpot,aHonH and Eaii commission shall
!rEisIntuTe may confer.
Section :. The trrIns Of office of the
public utlhiics commission "a, appoint
"a pursuant to statute. hEE EhU are In
office at the time this amg UdmEut g.
adopted. shall Immediately terminate.
and said commissioners shau FyEpse-
lively bECpW. yumu.l HalUnsrs under this
article. Gui shall continue In office for
thor respective ms as fixed by stat
ute. and for two 90 years thereafter
and upon the expiration OF said g,Epec-
iiNg terms ul uffle" as hereby provided
and extended. appointments shall ho
made Tor tho fun term Of six 80 years.
except where an appointment - made
10 III an uuvApiTFd term. and in that
fHNHN AtF person appointed 10 M the
vacancy shall hold office for the re-
malndcF 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 shalt
be selected from the same judicial dis
tIiCts- The salary OF each commissioner
shall be not less than -Four Thousand
$4,000 Dollars per Rnnum. TO be paid
at the same time and from the same
iund as the Hnlari"s OF the executive
officers Of the state are paid.
Section }. No court. except the su-
prems court shall have Jurisdiction to
anuul. vacate. stay or otherwise modify
any order. finding or Judgment OF the
commission. and the supreme court only
as to matters OF law and by writ OF re-
view to be pToseCuted in the manner to
be prescribed by the legislature, or in
tho absence Of such legislation, in the
manner provided by the code OF civil
procedure for reviews by the suprcm.
court Of the judgment OF inferior
courts: but nothing herein shall be
construed as comforting any legislative
powers upon the supreme court.
Section I. The term public utilities
used in this article shall include ey-
cry person. natural or artificial. opcr-
ntinE railN ~. telegraph. telephone.
electric light or power lines, street
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 ana their Inhab-
ttaEts for domestic purposes. but shall
not include any municipality owned util-
ity.
Section 8. This article Is declared to
be sclf-eSccutiuE. but II shall be the
duty Of the Legislature to pass all laws
and make all appropriations necessary
fully to accomplish the purposes e1-
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 Gen.
eral and the Reporter OF the Supreme
Court do hereby designate and fix as
the ballot title and submission clause
to the proposed constitutional amend
rucnt herein, the following: