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AL Code § 37-1-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-83 - Investigation of Unfair Rates or Inadequate Service; Who May File Complaints; Continuance.

Section 37-1-83Investigation of unfair rates or inadequate service; who may file complaints; continuance. Upon a complaint in writing made against any utility by any mercantile, agricultural or manufacturing society, or by any body politic or municipal organization, or by any affected person, that any rate, service regulation, classification, practice or service in effect or proposed to be made effective is in any respect unfair, unreasonable, unjust or inadequate, or unjustly discriminatory, or unduly preferential, or constitutes unfair competition, or that the service is inadequate or cannot be obtained, the commission shall proceed, and without such complaint, the commission, whenever it deems that the public interest so requires, may proceed, after notice as provided in this division, to make such investigation as it may deem necessary or appropriate; but no order affecting such rates, service regulation, classification, practice, or service complained of shall be entered by the commission without notice and a hearing. Any utility may make complaint as to any matter within the provisions of this title with like effect as though made by any mercantile, agricultural or manufacturing society, body politic or municipal organization, or other person. However, when any such complaint in writing is filed, the same shall be set down for hearing within 90 days from the date of the filing thereof, which said hearing may be continued for an additional period not to exceed 90 days, unless the parties to said proceeding agree upon further continuance. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9773; Code 1940, T. 48, §57.)
AL Code § 37-1-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-84 - Filing and Contents of Complaint.

Section 37-1-84Filing and contents of complaint. Such action or complaint shall be commenced by filing a complaint with the Public Service Commission alleging wherein the rate or rates, or order or orders complained of are invalid or unfair or unreasonable. (Code 1907, §5685; Code 1923, §9676; Code 1940, T. 48, §58.)
AL Code § 37-1-85 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-85 - Time and Place of Hearing.

Section 37-1-85Time and place of hearing. Whenever the commission shall determine to conduct an investigation either with or without complaint, as in this title provided, it shall fix a time and place for public hearings of the matters under investigation. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9774; Code 1940, T. 48, §59.)
AL Code § 37-1-86 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-86 - Notice and Process.

Section 37-1-86Notice and process. (a) Before proceeding to make such investigation, the commission shall give the utility and the complainant at least 10 days' notice of the time and place when and where such matters will be considered and determined, and all parties shall be entitled to be heard, through themselves or their counsel, and shall have process to enforce the attendance of witnesses. (b) Whenever the commission shall make any order or determination, or issue any subpoena, notice or writ, notice thereof may be served on the person affected thereby by delivering a copy of such order, subpoena, notice or writ, signed by or in the name of the chairman of the commission, to any such person or an officer or agent of such person, if a corporation, as in the case of civil process, which service may be executed by any member of the commission, the secretary or any employee thereof, or by any sheriff of the state, and a copy of such order, subpoena, notice or writ, with the service endorsed thereon, must be returned to the commission and entered of record as a part of the proceedings, and such endorsement and return shall be prima facie evidence that such order, subpoena, notice or writ has been duly served. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §§9775, 9799; Code 1940, T. 48, §§60, 61.)
AL Code § 37-1-87 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-87 - Intervention in Proceedings Before Commission.

Section 37-1-87Intervention in proceedings before commission. Every person, firm, corporation, copartnership, association, or organization affected thereby may by petition intervene and become a party to any proceeding before the commission. (Acts 1935, No. 228, p. 624; Code 1940, T. 48, §65.)
AL Code § 37-1-88 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-88 - Right of Party to Be Heard in Person or by Attorney.

Section 37-1-88Right of party to be heard in person or by attorney. In any hearing, proceeding or investigation conducted by the commission, any party may be heard in person or by attorney. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9776; Code 1940, T. 48, §62.)
AL Code § 37-1-89 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-89 - Taking of Testimony; Further Investigation; Laws Governing Conduct of Hearing; Transcript.

Section 37-1-89Taking of testimony; further investigation; laws governing conduct of hearing; transcript. (a) At the hearing held pursuant to such notice, the commission may take such testimony as may be offered, or as it may desire, and may make such other further investigation as in its opinion is desirable. (b) The commission, by appropriate order in any case, may appoint or designate a special examiner or one of the commission to take evidence at such time and place as designated by the commission in the order. The laws which now provide for the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony, the punishing for contempt, the production of evidence and the payment of witnesses at hearings before the commission shall apply to and govern hearings and examinations conducted by such special examiner or commissioner when acting under an order of the commission. A transcript of the evidence, together with all the exhibits received at such hearings or examinations shall be promptly conveyed to and filed with the secretary of the commission for the consideration of the commission in reaching its decision. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §§9727, 9775; Code 1940, T. 48, §§61, 66.)
AL Code § 37-1-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-90 - Separate Hearings on Several Matters.

Section 37-1-90Separate hearings on several matters. When complaint is made of more than one rate or service, the commission may, when justice or convenience so requires, order separate hearings thereon and may thereupon hear and determine the several matters complained of separately and at such times as it may prescribe. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9776; Code 1940, T. 48, §62.)
AL Code § 37-1-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-91 - Witnesses Not Excused for Reasons of Incrimination or Forfeiture; Perjury Prosecution Not Barred.

Section 37-1-91Witnesses not excused for reasons of incrimination or forfeiture; perjury prosecution not barred. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying, or from producing books and papers before the commission, or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission, whether such subpoena is issued or signed by one or more of the members of the commission, in any investigation held by or before the commission, or in any civil action or proceeding in any court by or against the commission, provided for in this title, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may be required to testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise before said commission, or in obedience to its subpoena, or in any such action or proceeding. No person testifying shall be exempted from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9803; Code 1940, T. 48, §67.)
AL Code § 37-1-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-92 - Depositions of Witnesses.

Section 37-1-92Depositions of witnesses. The commission or, with the consent of the commission, any party to any proceeding before the commission, may, in any investigation, cause depositions of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for depositions in civil actions in circuit courts, such depositions to be taken on a commission to be issued by the secretary of the commission, made returnable to the commission. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9804; Code 1940, T. 48, §68.)
AL Code § 37-1-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-93 - Fees of Witnesses.

Section 37-1-93Fees of witnesses. Each witness who shall appear before the commission by its order shall receive for his attendance the fees and mileage provided for witnesses in civil cases in courts of record, which shall be audited and paid by the state in the same manner as other expenses are audited and paid, upon the presentation of proper vouchers, sworn to by such witness and approved by the president of the commission; but no witness subpoenaed at the instance of parties other than commissioners shall be entitled to compensation from the state for attendance or travel, unless the commission shall certify that his testimony was material to the matter investigated, and witnesses summoned on behalf of the utility shall be paid by said utility. (Code 1886, §1140; Code 1896, §3501; Code 1907, §5675; Code 1923, §9658; Code 1940, T. 48, §70.)
AL Code § 37-1-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-94 - Time Allowed Commission for Making Decision.

Section 37-1-94Time allowed commission for making decision. The commission shall, within 90 days after the completion of the hearings and arguments, if any, and the filing of briefs, if any, in any case submitted to it, or upon a rehearing thereof, decide said case, or if for any good and valid reason it shall be unable to decide the same within said period, then at the expiration of said 90-day period, the commission shall make and file and serve upon all the interested parties a written order stating its reason for its inability to decide said case within said time, and may extend the time for decision for a period not to exceed 90 days. (Code 1940, T. 48, §77.)
AL Code § 37-1-95 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-95 - Order Requiring Discontinuance or Rectification of Violation.

Section 37-1-95Order requiring discontinuance or rectification of violation. Whenever, after investigation in accordance with the provisions of this title the commission shall be of the opinion that any provision or requirement of this title or any order of the commission is being, has been, or is about to be violated, it may make and enter of record an order in the premises, specifying the actual or proposed acts or omission to act which constitute such real or proposed violation and requiring that such violation be discontinued or rectified, or both, or that it be prevented. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9778; Code 1940, T. 48, §63.)
AL Code § 37-1-96 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-96 - Necessity for Hearing Prior to Order Affecting Rate or Service.

Section 37-1-96Necessity for hearing prior to order affecting rate or service. No order shall be made by the commission affecting any rate or service, except as otherwise specifically provided, unless or until a public hearing has been held in accordance with the provisions of this title. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9778; Code 1940, T. 48, §63.)
AL Code § 37-1-97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-97 - Order Fixing Reasonable Rate.

Section 37-1-97Order fixing reasonable rate. Whenever, upon an investigation made under the provisions of this title, the commission shall find any existing rate or rates or any regulation or practice whatsoever or any service, unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or any service inadequate, it shall so determine and by order fix, to the extent that it is within its power to do so, a reasonable rate, fare, charge, classification or joint rate as between like carriers, to be imposed, observed and followed in the future in lieu of that found to be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or inadequate, as the case may be. All utilities to which the order applies shall make such changes in their schedule of rates, fares, charges or classifications as may be necessary to make the same conform to said order, where such order relates to rates, fares, charges or classification, and no change shall thereafter be made by any utility in such rates, fares, charges or classification, or joint rate or rates, or in the service or practice so ordered, without the approval of the commission. (Code 1907, §5678; Code 1923, §9661; Code 1940, T. 48, §64.)
AL Code § 37-1-98 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-98 - Certified Copies of Orders.

Section 37-1-98Certified copies of orders. Certified copies of orders of the commission shall be delivered to any officer, superintendent, or agent of the utility affected thereby. (Code 1907, §5678; Code 1923, §9661; Code 1940, T. 48, §64.)
AL Code § 37-1-99 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-99 - Rates and Orders of Commission Deemed Prima Facie Reasonable and Valid.

Section 37-1-99Rates and orders of commission deemed prima facie reasonable and valid. All rates, fares, charges, classifications and joint rates and orders establishing rules, regulations, practices or services fixed by the commission shall be in force and shall be deemed prima facie reasonable and valid in any court wherein the reasonableness or validity thereof is properly drawn in question, and the burden shall be upon the party attacking said rates or orders to show that same are invalid or unfair and unreasonable. (Acts 1907, Ex. Sess., No. 21, p. 43; Code 1907, §5683; Code 1923, §9666; Code 1940, T. 48, §71.)
AL Code § 37-1-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-100 - Effective Date of Orders.

Section 37-1-100Effective date of orders. Unless a different time is prescribed by the commission, every order of the commission shall be effective 20 days after the service thereof, and shall be served immediately after its entry of record upon every party required to obey the same. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9806; Code 1940, T. 48, §73.)
AL Code § 37-1-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-101 - Modification of Orders.

Section 37-1-101Modification of orders. At any time after the entry thereof, the commission, in the manner provided for in the making thereof, may alter, amend, annul or otherwise modify any order, but no such modification shall in any way affect the validity of any act done or omitted by any utility on the faith of such order, or in pursuance of its terms, prior to notice of the modification thereof. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9807; Code 1940, T. 48, §75.)
AL Code § 37-1-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-102 - Record of Proceedings.

Section 37-1-102Record of proceedings. A full and complete record of all proceedings before the commission on any investigation had and all testimony therein shall be taken down by the stenographer selected by the commission. A copy of such transcript shall be furnished on demand to any party to such investigation, or other person, upon the payment of the cost of transcribing the testimony, not exceeding $1.00 per folio. (Acts 1907, Ex. Sess., No. 21, p. 43; Code 1907, §5677; Code 1923, §9660; Code 1940, T. 48, §69.)
AL Code § 37-1-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-103 - Substantial Compliance by Commission With Requirements of Title Sufficient.

Section 37-1-103Substantial compliance by commission with requirements of title sufficient. A substantial compliance by the commission with the requirements of this title shall be sufficient to give effect to all rules, orders, acts, and regulations of the commission, and they shall not be declared inoperative, illegal or void for any omission of a technical nature, in respect thereto. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9802; Code 1940, T. 48, §72.)
AL Code § 37-1-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-104 - Power of Circuit Court to Compel Compliance With Commission Orders, Etc.

Section 37-1-104Power of circuit court to compel compliance with commission orders, etc. In case of failure or refusal on the part of any person to comply with any valid order of the commission or of any commissioner, or any subpoena, or on the refusal of any witness to testify or answer as to any matter regarding which he may be lawfully interrogated, any circuit court in this state, or any judge thereof, on application of a commissioner, may issue an attachment for such person and compel him to comply with such order, or to attend before the commission and produce such documents and give his testimony upon such matters as may be lawfully required, and the court or judge shall have power to punish for contempt as in cases of disobedience of a like order or subpoena issued by or from such court, or a refusal to testify therein. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9801; Code 1940, T. 48, §78.)
AL Code § 37-1-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.|Section 37-1-105 - Rehearing.

Section 37-1-105Rehearing. At any time after an order has been made by the commission, any person interested therein may apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter determined therein, and the commission shall grant and hold such rehearing within 60 days after the said application therefor has been filed, and such rehearing shall be subject to such rules as the commission may prescribe. Application for such a rehearing shall not excuse any utility or person from complying with or obeying an order of the commission, or operate in any manner to stay or postpone the enforcement thereof except as the commission may by order direct. Any order of the commission made after such rehearing shall have the same force and effect as an original order, but shall not affect any right, or the enforcement of any right, arising from or by virtue of compliance with the original order prior to the order made after rehearing. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9808; Code 1940, T. 48, §76.)
AL Code § 37-1-150 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 4 - Injunction or Restraining Order.|Section 37-1-150 - Bond as Condition Precedent to Issuance of Injunction or Restraining Order.

Section 37-1-150Bond as condition precedent to issuance of injunction or restraining order. No judge or court shall grant any preliminary injunction or interlocutory order or process suspending or restraining any rate or order of the Public Service Commission entered pursuant to the provisions of this title without requiring as a condition precedent to the issue of such injunction, order or process, that the company, corporation or person seeking the same shall, if the injunction or restraining order applied for is for the purpose of restraining the enforcement of any such rate or order, execute and file with the clerk or register of said court a good and sufficient bond with sureties, payable to the State of Alabama, in like amount and payable as provided in respect to supersedeas bonds. The failure to give the injunction bond or subsequent bonds as provided for in this division shall immediately vacate and render null and void such injunction or restraining order. (Code 1907, §5700; Code 1923, §9692; Code 1940, T. 48, §94.)
AL Code § 37-1-151 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 4 - Injunction or Restraining Order.|Section 37-1-151 - Notice to Commission.

Section 37-1-151Notice to commission. No preliminary injunction or interlocutory order or process suspending or restraining or affecting the enforcement of any action, order or determination of the commission shall be granted by any judge or court, except upon hearing, after at least five days' notice to the commission. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9810; Code 1940, T. 48, §95.)