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IN Code § 8-1-13-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-12. Sale, Encumbrance, or Other Disposition of Property

Sec. 12. (a) No corporation may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, the property of the corporation unless (1) the same shall be authorized by a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of its members duly called and held as provided in section 8 of this chapter, which resolution shall have received the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all its members and unless (2) the same shall be approved by the commission.(b) The board of directors of a corporation shall have full power and authority, without authorization by the members thereof, to authorize the execution and delivery of a mortgage, or mortgages, or a deed or deeds of trust of, or the pledging or encumbering of, any of or all the property, assets, rights, privileges, licenses, franchises and permits of the corporation, whether acquired or to be acquired and wherever situated, as well as the revenues therefrom, for the purpose of financing the construction or maintenance of the corporations' distribution or transmission system or systems, and for general plant as defined in the uniform system of accounts prescribed by the commission, all upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors shall determine, to secure any indebtedness of the corporation to any federal agency or to any financial institution, which action of the board of directors shall not be subject to the approval of the commission if the corporation has a mortgage with any federal agency.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.12; Acts 1937, c.258, s.8; Acts 1953, c.47, s.1; Acts 1969, c.117, s.1; Acts 1971, P.L.83, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.102, SEC.3; P.L.23-1988, SEC.49.
IN Code § 8-1-13-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-13. Obligations in Anticipation of Revenue; Authority to Issue

Sec. 13. (a) Subject to the approval of the commission, a corporation formed under this chapter may, from time to time, issue its obligations in anticipation of its revenues for any corporate purpose.(b) Those obligations may be authorized by resolution of the board and may bear a date, mature at a time not exceeding forty (40) years from their respective dates, bear interest at a rate, be in denominations, be in a form, either coupon or registered, carry registration privileges, be executed in a manner, be payable in a medium of payment, at a place, and be subject to terms of redemption as provided in the resolution. The obligations may be sold in a manner and upon terms as determined by the board.(c) Notwithstanding any other law, any obligations and the interest coupon pertaining to the obligation, if any, issued under this chapter, possess all of the qualities of negotiable instruments. However, approval of the commission is not required when a corporation has a mortgage with any federal agency.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.13; Acts 1969, c.117, s.2; Acts 1971, P.L.83, SEC.2. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.102, SEC.4; P.L.23-1988, SEC.50; P.L.109-1989, SEC.2.
IN Code § 8-1-13-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-14. Obligations; Covenants or Agreements

Sec. 14. In connection with the issuance of any obligations, a corporation may make such covenants or agreements and do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its obligations or which, in the absolute discretion of the board tend to make the obligations more marketable, notwithstanding that such covenants, agreements, acts and things may constitute a limitation on the exercise of the powers granted under this chapter.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.14. As amended by P.L.136-2018, SEC.68.
IN Code § 8-1-13-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-15. Purchase; Own Obligations

Sec. 15. A corporation may, out of any funds available for that purpose, purchase any obligations issued by it at a price determined by resolution of the board together with accrued interest on the obligations. All obligations purchased in that manner shall be cancelled.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.15. As amended by P.L.109-1989, SEC.3.
IN Code § 8-1-13-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-16. Consolidation or Merger; Mutual Benefit Corporations

Sec. 16. (a) Any corporation created under the provisions of this chapter may enter into an agreement for the consolidation or merger of such a corporation with:(1) any other corporation organized under this chapter; or(2) any mutual benefit corporation that was organized before 1964 under Acts 1935, c. 157, that engages in the generation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy.(b) An agreement under subsection (a) must set forth the terms and conditions of the consolidation or merger, the name of the proposed consolidated or merged corporation, the number of its directors, not less than five (5), the time of the annual election and the names of the persons, not less than five (5), to be directors upon completing the consolidation or merger. The agreement must specify the terms the directors will serve. A corporation organized under this chapter shall duly call and hold a meeting of its members, as provided in section 8 of this chapter, at which the proposal of such consolidation or merger shall be presented. A mutual benefit corporation must approve the merger in accordance with IC 23-17-19-3. With respect to such a merger, the agreement may provide that the surviving corporation may have one (1) or more members that are incorporated under the laws of a state other than Indiana. If at each such meeting, the agreement is approved by a resolution duly adopted and receiving the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the total number of members of the respective corporation who either are present and voting at the meeting or, as authorized under section 8(f) of this chapter, cast a vote before the date of the meeting, the directors named in the agreement shall subscribe and acknowledge articles conforming substantially to the original articles of incorporation, except that it shall be entitled and endorsed "Articles of consolidation (merger) of _______" (the blank space being filled in with the names of the corporations being consolidated or merged) and shall state:(1) The names of the corporations being consolidated or merged.(2) The name of the consolidated or merged corporation.(3) The other items required or permitted to be stated in original articles of incorporation.(c) Articles of consolidation or merger under this section or a certified copy or copies of the articles of consolidation or merger shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and thereupon the proposed consolidated or merged corporation, under its designated name, shall be and constitute a body corporate with all the powers of a corporation as originally formed under this chapter. In the case of a merger of a corporation organized under this chapter and a mutual benefit corporation, IC 23-17-19-5 applies.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.16; Acts 1937, c.258, s.9. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.102, SEC.5; P.L.83-1997, SEC.1; P.L.49-2018, SEC.2; P.L.136-2018, SEC.69.
IN Code § 8-1-13-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-18. Rates and Charges; Jurisdiction and Powers of Commission

Sec. 18. A corporation is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission for the purpose of fixing rates to be charged to members of the corporation for energy, and for the purpose of service area assignments under IC 8-1-2.3.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.18; Acts 1937, c.258, s.10; Acts 1939, c.105, s.3; Acts 1951, c.162, s.2. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.69, SEC.4; P.L.121-1987, SEC.3; P.L.23-1988, SEC.51.
IN Code § 8-1-13-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-21. Dissolution of Corporation

Sec. 21. Any corporation created under this chapter may be dissolved by filing in the office of the secretary of state articles of dissolution which shall be entitled and indorsed "Articles of dissolution of ____________" (the blank space being filled in with the name of the corporation) and shall state:(a) Name of the corporation and, if such corporation is a corporation resulting from a consolidation as provided in this chapter, the names of the original corporations.(b) The date of filing of the articles of incorporation in the office of secretary of state and, if such corporation is a corporation resulting from a consolidation as provided in this chapter, the dates on which the articles of incorporation of the original corporations were filed in the office of secretary of state.(c) That the corporation elects to dissolve.(d) The name and post office address of each of its directors, and the name, title, and post office address of each of its officers.Such articles shall be subscribed and acknowledged in the same manner as original articles of incorporation by the president or vice president and the secretary or an assistant secretary, who shall make and annex an affidavit stating that they have been authorized to execute and file such articles by a resolution duly adopted by the members of each corporation at meetings thereof duly called and held as provided in section 8 of this chapter. Articles of dissolution and/or a certified copy or copies thereof shall be filed in the same places as original articles of incorporation and thereupon the corporation shall be deemed to be dissolved. Such corporation shall continue for the purpose of paying, satisfying, and discharging any existing liabilities or obligations and collecting or liquidating its assets, and doing all other acts required to adjust and wind up its business and affairs, and may sue and be sued, in its corporate name. Any assets remaining after all liabilities or obligations of the corporation have been satisfied or discharged shall pass to and become the property of the state.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.19; Acts 1937, c.258, s.11. As amended by P.L.59-1984, SEC.68.
IN Code § 8-1-13-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-23. Classification of Corporations; General District Corporation and Local District Corporation Distinguished

Sec. 23. Any corporation to be formed under this chapter shall be either a general district corporation or a local district corporation.(a) A general district corporation is a corporation formed under this chapter for the purpose of furnishing services to local district corporations. A general district corporation may be formed to do business in all, or a stated number of the counties of this state. No such corporation shall have the authority or right to do business with a local district corporation in any county already named as a part of the territory of another general district corporation unless, prior to its incorporation, consent for it to transact business in that county shall have been given by the existing general district corporation or corporations then authorized to furnish services to the local district corporations in that county. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow such a newly formed general district corporation to engage in the business to acquire, own, operate, maintain, and improve a system or systems. A general district corporation may be organized by:(1) a group consisting of one-third (1/3) of the heads of farm families in all the counties included;(2) the directors of an association of agricultural producers, the members of which reside in nine-tenths (9/10) of the counties named within the said corporation's territorial limits;(3) the directors of the county or regional stockholder corporations within the state having as stockholders or members more than seventy-five thousand (75,000) producers of agricultural products within the state of Indiana; or(4) the board of directors of another general district corporation organized under this chapter.(b) A local district corporation is a corporation formed under this chapter for the purpose of furnishing services to its members. A local district corporation shall not be permitted to exercise any of the powers granted under this chapter until at least one-half (1/2) of the heads of farm families residing in the territory described in its proposed articles of incorporation shall have agreed in writing to become members of the corporation and made a minimum payment for such membership as in said articles provided.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.21; Acts 1937, c.258, s.13. As amended by Acts 1980, P.L.70, SEC.1.
IN Code § 8-1-13-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-24. Commission Decisions or Orders; Appeal

Sec. 24. Any person or legal entity adversely affected by any final decision, ruling, or order of the commission made pursuant to this chapter may appeal that decision, ruling, or order under the same appeal procedures as in IC 8-1-3.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.22. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.102, SEC.7; P.L.23-1988, SEC.53.
IN Code § 8-1-13-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-25. Construction of Chapter

Sec. 25. This chapter is to be liberally construed, and the enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, or things.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.23. As amended by P.L.59-1984, SEC.69.
IN Code § 8-1-13-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-27. Liability of Members and Directors

Sec. 27. (a) No member of any corporation shall be liable or responsible for its debts or liabilities.(b) A director of a distribution cooperative corporation or a director of a power supplier whose members are corporations as defined in this chapter is not personally liable while acting in good faith for the acts or omissions of the distribution cooperative corporation or the power supplier.Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.27; Acts 1939, c.106, s.3. As amended by P.L.59-1984, SEC.71; P.L.121-1987, SEC.4.
IN Code § 8-1-13-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-28. Rules; Customer Relations; Adoption; Complaints; Procedures

Sec. 28. (a) The commission shall adopt rules to govern the relations between corporations and any or all classes of their customers. Those rules shall cover the following subjects:(1) Extension of service.(2) Extension of credit.(3) Deposits, including interest.(4) Billing procedures.(5) Termination of service.(6) Complaints.(7) Information and notice to customers of their rights under the rules.(b) The commission may investigate and enter orders on complaints filed by individual customers arising under this section. The commission may establish an appeals division to act on its own behalf regarding individual customer complaints. The decision of the division is binding on all parties to the complaint. The commission shall review decisions of the appeals division upon timely request by an affected party.(c) This section does not invalidate any rule adopted by the commission before September 1, 1987, to govern the relations between corporations and their customers if the rule is consistent with this section.As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.5.
IN Code § 8-1-13-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-29. Rates, Tolls, and Charges; Schedules; Filing; Approval

Sec. 29. (a) Every corporation shall file with the commission, within a time fixed by the commission, schedules showing all rates, tolls, and charges that it has established and that are enforced at the time for any service performed by it within the state, or for any service in connection with the rates, tolls, and charges.(b) The schedules of rates, tolls, and charges shall be open for public inspection.(c) Every corporation shall file, with and as a part of the schedule, all rules that in any manner affect the rates charged or to be charged for any service.(d) It is unlawful for a corporation to charge any amount for any service that varies from the schedules approved by the commission.As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.6.
IN Code § 8-1-13-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-31. Production of Corporate Books, Accounts, Papers, or Records; Order or Subpoena; Penalty for Failure to Comply

Sec. 31. (a) The commission may require, by order or subpoena, a corporation to produce within the state (at a time and place the commission may designate) any books, accounts, papers, or records (or verified copies) kept by the corporation anywhere, to allow an examination to be made by the commission or under its direction.(b) The order or subpoena shall be served on the corporation in the same manner as a summons is served in a civil action.(c) Any corporation that does not comply (after reasonable written notice) with any order or subpoena shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than fifty dollars ($50) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each day that it does not comply. Any penalty assessed under this subsection shall be deposited in the state general fund.As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.8.
IN Code § 8-1-13-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-32. Investigations; Agents; Powers; Recommendations

Sec. 32. (a) The commission may appoint, by written order, an agent to investigate any corporation. The commission shall prescribe the duties of the agent in the order, and the agent has all of the inquisitorial powers granted the commission under this chapter.(b) The commission may conduct any number of investigations contemporaneously through different agents and may delegate to the agent the taking of all testimony bearing upon any investigation or hearing. The commission's decision must be based on its examination of all the testimony and records.(c) The recommendations made by any agent are advisory and do not preclude the taking of further testimony, if ordered by the commission, or further investigation.As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.9.
IN Code § 8-1-13-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-33. Uniform Accounts; Requisites

Sec. 33. Every corporation shall keep and render to the commission, in the manner and form prescribed by the commission, uniform accounts of all business transacted. In formulating a system of accounting for a corporation, the commission shall consider any system of accounting established by any federal law, commission, or department and any system authorized by a national association of such corporations.As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.10.
IN Code § 8-1-13-34 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-34. Furnishing of Information; Requirement

Sec. 34. Every corporation shall furnish to the commission all information required by it to carry into effect this chapter and shall make specific answers to all questions submitted by the commission.As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.11.
IN Code § 8-1-13-35 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-35. Blank Forms Received; Verification; Delivery of Documents, Books, and Papers

Sec. 35. Any corporation receiving from the commission any blank forms with directions to complete them shall answer fully and correctly each question in the form, and if it is unable to answer any question, it shall give a good and sufficient reason for failing to answer the questions. The answers shall be verified under oath by the president, secretary, superintendent, or general manager, or person in charge of the corporation and returned to the commission at its office within the period fixed by the commission. Whenever required by the commission, every corporation shall deliver to the commission for examination any relevant documents, books, accounts, papers, and records (or copies), with a complete inventory of all its property in a form prescribed by the commission.As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.12.
IN Code § 8-1-13-36 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-36. Complaints Against Corporation; Discriminatory Rates or Charges; Inadequate Service; Investigation; Hearing; Order

Sec. 36. Upon a complaint made against any corporation by:(1) any mercantile, agricultural, or manufacturing society;(2) any body politic or municipal organization;(3) ten (10) or more persons, firms, corporations, limited liability companies, or associations;(4) ten (10) or more complainants of any or all of the classes described in subdivision (3); or(5) any public utility or corporation;that any of the rates, tolls, charges, schedules, or joint rates (with which the petitioner is directly interested) are in any respect unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory, or that any regulation, measurement, practice, or act affecting or relating to the service of a corporation is in any respect unreasonable, unsafe, insufficient, or unjustly discriminatory, or that any service is inadequate or cannot be obtained, the commission shall proceed to investigate with or without notice. However, the commission may not enter an order affecting those rates, tolls, charges, schedules, regulations, measurements, practices, or acts complained of without a formal public hearing.As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.124.
IN Code § 8-1-13-37 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 8. Utilities and Transportation|Article 1. Utilities Generally|Chapter 13. Rural Electric Membership Corporation Act|8-1-13-37. Investigation by Commission on Its Own Motion; Rates, Service, or Territory

Sec. 37. Whenever the commission believes that:(1) any rate or charge may be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory;(2) any service is inadequate or cannot be obtained; or(3) an investigation of any matter relating to rates or territory for a corporation should be made;it may, on its own motion, conduct an investigation with or without notice.As added by P.L.121-1987, SEC.14.