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AR Code § 23-2-415 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-415. Hearings generally

 (a) In addition to the hearings specifically provided for by this act, the commission may conduct such other hearings as may be required or expedient in the administration of the powers and duties conferred upon it by this act.  (b) The commission shall fix the time and place of all hearings and shall serve notice of the hearing not less than ten (10) days before the time set for the hearing, unless the commission finds that public necessity requires that the hearing be held at an earlier date.  (c) At the time fixed for any hearing before the commission, a commissioner, or examiner, or the time to which any hearing may have been continued, the complainant and the person or corporation complained of shall be entitled in person or by attorney to be heard and to introduce evidence and to examine and cross-examine witnesses.
AR Code § 23-2-416 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-416. Hearings — Separation or consolidation of complaints

 (a) The commission, in its discretion, when a complaint is made concerning more than one (1) rate, charge, or service, may order separate hearings thereon at such times as it may prescribe.  (b) The commission may, for the purpose of a hearing, consolidate complaints when no injustice will arise from the consolidation.
AR Code § 23-2-417 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-417. Burden of proof

 In all actions and proceedings arising under the provisions of this act, or growing out of the exercise of the authority and powers granted by this act to the commission, the burden of proof shall be upon the parties seeking to avoid compliance with the provisions of this act or with any findings, rules, regulations, or orders of the commission.
AR Code § 23-2-418 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-418. Records of proceedings and testimony

 (a) A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings had before the Arkansas Public Service Commission, the Arkansas Department of Transportation, any commissioner, or any examiner on any formal investigation.  (b) All testimony shall be recorded by official reporters appointed by the commission or the department.
AR Code § 23-2-419 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-419. Quorum

 (a)  (1) A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the Arkansas Public Service Commission.  (2) No one (1) vacancy for the time being in the commission shall impair the rights of the remaining commissioners to exercise all of the powers of the commission.    (b) The act of a majority of the commissioners shall be the act of the commission.
AR Code § 23-2-420 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-420. Orders, findings, rules, certificates, etc., under Acts 1935, No. 324, to be in writing — Copies as evidence

 (a) Every order, finding, authorization, rule, or certificate issued or approved by the commission under any provisions of this act shall be in writing and entered on the records of the commission, all of which shall be public records.  (b) A certificate under the seal of the commission that any such order, finding, authorization, rule, or certificate has not been modified, stayed, suspended, or revoked shall be received as evidence in all courts as to the facts therein stated.
AR Code § 23-2-421 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-421. Findings and orders of commission

 (a) The Arkansas Public Service Commission's decision shall be in sufficient detail to enable any court in which any action of the commission is involved to determine the controverted question presented by the proceeding.  (b) A copy of the order certified under the seal of the commission shall be served upon the person or corporation against whom it runs, or his or her or its attorney. Notice thereof shall be given to the other parties to the proceedings or their attorneys.  (c)  (1) The order shall take effect and become operative immediately upon the service thereof, unless otherwise provided, and shall continue in force either for a period which may be designated therein or until changed or revoked by the commission, or vacated upon review.  (2) If an order cannot, in the judgment of the commission, be complied with within the time fixed by the commission, the commission may grant and prescribe such additional time as in its judgment is reasonably necessary to comply with the order and may, on application and for good cause shown, extend the time for compliance fixed in the order.
AR Code § 23-2-422 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-422. Commission orders — Rehearings

 (a) Any party to a proceeding before the Arkansas Public Service Commission aggrieved by an order issued by the commission may apply for a rehearing within thirty (30) days after the date of mailing of the order of the commission.  (b) The application for rehearing shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the application is based.  (c) Upon receiving the application, the commission shall have power to grant or deny rehearing, to abrogate or modify its order without further hearing, or to reopen the record for the purpose of receiving and considering additional evidence.  (d) Unless the commission acts upon the application for rehearing within thirty (30) days after it is filed, the application shall be deemed to have been denied.  (e) An order or decision made after the rehearing abrogating, changing, or modifying the original order or decision shall have the same force and effect as an original order or decision but shall not affect any right or the enforcement of any right arising from or by virtue of the original order or decision unless so ordered by the commission.
AR Code § 23-2-424 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-424. Commission orders — Rehearing or judicial review — Effect on order, stocks, etc

 (a)  (1) The filing of an application for rehearing under § 23-2-422 shall not, unless specifically ordered by the Arkansas Public Service Commission, operate as a stay of the commission's order.  (2) The commencement of proceedings under § 23-2-423 shall not, unless specifically ordered by the Court of Appeals, operate as a stay of the commission's order.    (b) The Court of Appeals may enter an order suspending or staying the operation of an order of the commission pending review of the order, provided the other parties are adequately secured against loss due to the delay in the enforcement of the order, in case the order involved is affirmed. The security is to take such form as shall be directed by the court.  (c)  (1) Any provision of this section, § 23-2-401, and §§ 23-2-421 — 23-2-423 notwithstanding, if the commission order involves rate changes which have already been made effective under bond pursuant to § 23-4-408, then the order shall take effect not less than twenty (20) days following service.  (2) If in this period an application for rehearing is filed, then the order shall be stayed until such time as the application is ruled on and any judicial appeals are concluded.    (d) Stocks or stock certificates, bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to and in accordance with an order of the commission shall be valid and binding in accordance with their terms, notwithstanding that the order of the commission may be or is later abrogated, vacated, changed, modified, or otherwise held to be wholly or partially invalid, unless, prior to issuance, the operation or effectiveness of the order has been stayed or suspended by the commission or a reviewing court.
AR Code § 23-2-425 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-425. Appeals from department

 (a)  (1) Within thirty (30) days after the entry on the record of the Arkansas Department of Transportation of any order made by it, any party aggrieved may file a written motion with the secretary of the department praying for appeal from the order to the Pulaski County Circuit Court.  (2) Thereupon, the appeal shall be automatically deemed as granted as a matter of right without any further order.  (3) Upon the granting of the appeal, the secretary shall at once make a full and complete transcript of all proceedings had before the department in the matter and of all evidence before it in the matter, including all files therein.  (4) The secretary shall deposit the transcript in the office of the clerk of the circuit court immediately.  (5) The appeal shall be given preference over all other cases on the docket of the circuit court.  (6) Upon the filing of the motion of the appeal and at any time thereafter, the circuit court or its circuit judge shall have the right to issue such temporary or preliminary orders as to it or him or her may seem proper until a final decree is rendered.  (7) The circuit court shall thereupon review the order upon the record presented in the case and enter its finding and order thereon. It shall cause the order to be certified to the department immediately. The order shall direct that action be taken by the department in conformity with it unless an appeal from the order to the Supreme Court shall be taken within the time specified in subsection (b) of this section and in case of such an appeal to await further orders of the circuit court.    (b)  (1) Within thirty (30) days after rendition of any order of any circuit court under the terms of this act, whether such an order is rendered on appeal of municipal council action, city commission action, or department action, any party aggrieved may file a motion in writing in the circuit court or in the office of the clerk thereof praying an appeal from such an order to the Supreme Court.  (2) The motion, when so filed, shall be granted as a matter of right by the circuit court or by the clerk thereof.  (3) The appeal to the Supreme Court shall be governed by the procedure and reviewed in the manner applicable to other appeals from the circuit court. However, any finding of fact by the circuit court shall not be binding on the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court may and shall review all the evidence and make such findings of fact and law as it may deem just, proper, and equitable.  (4) The record shall be lodged in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court within sixty (60) days from the rendition of the order in the circuit court.  (5) All such cases shall be regarded and treated in the Supreme Court as cases involving public interest and shall be advanced and given preference on the docket of the court on motion of either party.
AR Code § 23-2-426 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-426. Amendment or rescission of commission's decisions

 (a) The commission may at any time, and from time to time, after notice, and after opportunity to be heard as provided in the case of complaints, rescind or amend by order any decision made by it.  (b) Any order rescinding or amending a prior order or decision, when served upon the public utility affected and the other parties to the proceedings, shall have the same force and effect as is provided in this act for original orders or decisions. However, no such order shall affect the legality or validity of any acts done by the public utility or others before service upon it or them of the notice of the change.
AR Code § 23-2-427 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-427. Orders, rules, etc., of department not controverted in actions between private person and railroad company

 In all actions between private parties and railroad companies brought under Acts 1899, No. 53, the rates, charges, orders, rules, regulations, and classifications prescribed by the Arkansas Department of Transportation before the institution of the action shall be held, deemed, and accepted to be reasonable, fair, and just, and in such respects shall not be controverted therein.
AR Code § 23-2-428 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-428. Costs of actions

 (a) The commission shall not be required in any suits brought by it under the terms of this act to advance or make deposits to cover costs of such suits, nor shall it be required to give bond for such costs, or indemnity, stay, injunction, or other mesne process.  (b) In all cases of contest before the commission, the unsuccessful party shall be taxed with the costs unless otherwise ordered by the board of commissioners.
AR Code § 23-2-429 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-429. Investigation, inquiry, or hearing by commissioner or examiner

 (a) Any investigation, inquiry, or hearing which the commission has power to undertake or hold may be undertaken or held by or before any commissioners or examiners designated for that purpose by the commission.  (b) The evidence in any investigation, inquiry, or hearing may be taken by any commissioner, or commissioners, or examiners to whom the investigation, inquiry, or hearing has been assigned.  (c) Every finding, opinion, and order made by a commissioner, or commissioners, or examiners, when approved or confirmed by the commission, shall be the finding, opinion, and order of the commission.
AR Code § 23-2-430 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 2 - Regulatory Commissions|Subchapter 4 - Procedure Before Commissions|§ 23-2-430. Effect of repeal of § 23-2-404

 The repeal of § 23-2-404 by Acts 1997, No. 1311, shall not be construed as depriving or expanding the current authority of the Attorney General to represent and bring complaints on behalf of customers of utilities in Arkansas.
AR Code § 23-3-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Utilities and Carriers Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-3-101. Organization or reorganization

 (a) Organizations or reorganizations of all public utilities shall be subject to the supervision and control of the Arkansas Public Service Commission or the Arkansas Department of Transportation.  (b)  (1) No organization or reorganization shall be had or given effect without the written approval of the commission or the department.  (2) No plan of organization or reorganization shall be approved by the commission or the department unless it shall be established by the applicant for approval that the plan is consistent with the public interest.
AR Code § 23-3-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Utilities and Carriers Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-3-103. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc., and creation of liens — Regulation by commissions

 (a)  (1) The power of public utilities to issue stocks, stock certificates, bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness in case of public utilities incorporated under the laws of this state and to create liens on property in this state in case of public utilities incorporated under the laws of any state or foreign country is a special privilege, the right of supervision, regulation, restriction, and control of which is, and shall continue to be, vested in the state.  (2) The power of public utilities described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be exercised as provided by law and under such rules as the Arkansas Public Service Commission may prescribe.    (b) In instances where the public utility is also a regional transmission organization that is jurisdictional to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the debt is authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and does not create a lien on property in this state, no commission authorization is required.
AR Code § 23-3-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Utilities and Carriers Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-3-104. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc. — Issuance

 (a)  (1) When authorized by order of the commission, and not otherwise, a public utility may issue stock, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness payable at periods of more than thirty-six (36) months after the date of issuance when necessary for:  (A) The acquisition of property, the construction, extension, or improvement of its facilities, or the improvement of its service;  (B) The discharge or lawful refunding of its obligations, or reimbursement of moneys actually expended from the income from any source; or  (C) Any of such purposes.    (2) The order of the commission shall fix the maximum amount of any such issue and the purposes to which it or any proceeds up to the stated maximum amount are to be applied.  (3) No public utility shall apply any such issue or its proceeds to any purpose not specified in the order without the consent of the commission.    (b) The public utility may issue notes for proper corporate purposes and not in violation of any provision of law, payable at periods of not more than thirty-six (36) months, without the consent of the commission. However, no such note, in whole or in part, shall be refunded by any issue of stock or bonds or by any evidence of indebtedness with a maturity date later than thirty-six (36) months from the date of issue without the consent of the commission.  (c) All securities issued without the approval of the commission shall be void.  (d) In instances where the public utility is a regional transmission organization that is jurisdictional to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the debt is authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and does not create a lien on property in this state, no commission authorization is required.
AR Code § 23-3-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Utilities and Carriers Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-3-105. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc. — Amount of issue

 The commission shall have no power to authorize the issuance of stocks, notes, bonds, or other evidence of indebtedness of any public utility in an aggregate amount at any time exceeding the fair value of the properties of the issuer and the reasonable cost of the issuance and sale of the issues.
AR Code § 23-3-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Utilities and Carriers Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-3-106. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc. — Disposition of proceeds

 The commission shall have the power to require every public utility, other than municipalities, to account for the disposition of the proceeds of all sales of stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, in such form and detail as it may deem advisable. Also, the commission shall have the power to establish such rules as it may deem necessary to insure the disposition of the proceeds for the purpose specified in its order.
AR Code § 23-3-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Utilities and Carriers Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-3-107. Stocks, bonds, notes, etc. — Liability of state

 No provision of this act and no deed or act done or performed under or in connection therewith shall be construed to obligate the State of Arkansas to pay or guarantee, in any manner whatsoever, any stock, bond, note, or other evidence of indebtedness authorized, issued, or executed under the provisions of this act.
AR Code § 23-3-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 1 - Public Utilities And Carriers|Chapter 3 - Regulation of Utilities and Carriers Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 23-3-108. Domestication of foreign railroad, pipeline, or electric light and power corporations

 (a)  (1) Before any foreign railroad corporation, foreign pipeline corporation, or foreign light and power corporation organized for the purpose of generating, transmitting, distributing, or supplying electricity to or for the public for compensation or for public use shall be permitted to avail itself of the benefits of this section and §§ 23-11-302, 23-11-401, 23-11-402, and 23-11-404, or any part thereof, the corporation shall file with the Secretary of State a certified copy of its articles of incorporation or articles of organization, if incorporated or organized under a general law of the state or territory, or a certified copy of the statute laws of the state or territory incorporating or organizing the company where the charter of the railroad, pipeline, or light and power corporation was granted by special statute of the state.  (2) Upon the filing of its articles of incorporation, articles of organization, or its charter and payment of the fees prescribed by law for railroad, pipeline, or light and power charters, the railroad, pipeline, or light and power company, for all intents and purposes, shall become a railroad, pipeline, or light and power corporation of this state, subject to all the laws of this state, the same as if it were formally incorporated or organized in this state, anything in its articles of incorporation, articles of organization, or charter to the contrary notwithstanding.  (3) Such acts on the part of the corporation shall be conclusive evidence of the intent of the corporation to create and become a domestic corporation.    (b) In all suits or proceedings instituted against any domesticated corporation, process may be served upon the agent of the corporation in this state in the same manner that process is authorized by law to be served upon the agents of railroad, pipeline, or light and power corporations organized and existing under the laws of this state.