reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
AL Code § 36-27-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 36 - Public Officers and Employees.|Chapter 27 - State Employees' Retirement System.|Article 2 - Reopening of System for Certain Employees.|Division 3 - Reopening for Employees of Cities, Counties, or Political Subdivisions.|Section 36-27-73 - Deduction for Administrative Costs.

Section 36-27-73Deduction for administrative costs. The Employees' Retirement System may deduct in 12 equal installments from the retirement allowance payable to a retired member any additional contributions necessary to pay the administrative costs incurred in granting the credit hereunder in the event its Board of Control and consulting actuaries thereto determine that the amounts contributed by the member under the provisions hereof are insufficient to pay such administrative costs. (Acts 1990, No. 90-548, p. 853, §4.)
AL Code § 37-1-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-30 - Use of Word "Utility" or "utilities."

Section 37-1-30Use of word "utility" or "utilities." Whenever the word "utility" or "utilities" is used in this chapter, the same shall include all utilities defined under Sections 37-2-1 and 37-4-1. (Code 1940, T. 48, §16.)
AL Code § 37-1-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-31 - Exclusive Powers and Jurisdiction.

Section 37-1-31Exclusive powers and jurisdiction. The rights, powers, authority, jurisdiction and duties by this title conferred upon the commission shall be exclusive and, in respect of rates and service regulations and equipment, shall be exercised notwithstanding any rights heretofore acquired by the public under any franchise, contract or agreement between any utility and municipality, county or municipal subdivision of the state, and shall be exercised, so far as they may be exercised consistently with the Constitution of the state and of the United States, notwithstanding any right heretofore so acquired by any such utility. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9813; Code 1940, T. 48, §17.)
AL Code § 37-1-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-32 - General Supervision of Utilities.

Section 37-1-32General supervision of utilities. The Public Service Commission shall have general supervision of all persons, firms and corporations operating utilities mentioned in this title, shall inquire into the management of the business and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the business is conducted. It shall examine such utilities as often as may be necessary to keep informed as to their general condition, their franchises, capitalization, rates and other charges, and the manner in which their plants, equipment and other property are owned, leased, controlled, managed, conducted and operated, not only with respect to adequacy, security and accommodation afforded by their service, but also with respect to their compliance with the provisions of this title, and any other law or laws, with the orders of the commission, and with the charter and franchise requirements. It shall assemble and keep on file, available for the use of the public, full statistics on the foregoing, as well as on all other matters or things connected with such utilities as is necessary to a full knowledge of their business and affairs. (Acts 1915, No. 746, p. 865; Code 1923, §9633; Code 1940, T. 48, §18.)
AL Code § 37-1-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-33 - Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Distribution or Furnishing, etc., of Electricity, Gas, or Steam.

Section 37-1-33Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations - Distribution or furnishing, etc., of electricity, gas, or steam. None of the provisions of this title shall apply to the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity, to the manufacture or distribution of gas, to the furnishing or distribution of water, or to the production, delivery or furnishing of steam for heat or power by a producer who is not otherwise a utility, for the sole use of such producer, or for the use of tenants of such producer, nor shall they apply to any person not otherwise a utility who manufactures and supplies such products to a utility for its use or distribution without participation by such manufacturer in such use or distribution. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9743; Code 1940, T. 48, §19.)
AL Code § 37-1-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-34 - Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Municipal Utilities.

Section 37-1-34Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations - Municipal utilities. Nothing contained in this title shall be deemed to confer upon the commission the power and jurisdiction to regulate and supervise any utility owned and operated by any municipal corporation in the state. (Acts 1915, No. 746, p. 865; Code 1923, §9633; Code 1940, T. 48, §18.)
AL Code § 37-1-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-35 - Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Exercise of Certain Municipal Powers.

Section 37-1-35Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations - Exercise of certain municipal powers. Nothing in this title is intended or shall be construed: (1) To limit or restrict the police jurisdiction or power of municipalities over their streets and other highways and public places or the power to maintain or the power to require maintenance of the same; (2) To limit or restrict any right or power, by contract or otherwise, of any municipality to require utilities to pave and maintain the portions of highways used and occupied by them; (3) In respect of matters other than rates and service regulations and equipment, over which exclusive jurisdiction is conferred by this title upon the commission to affect existing rights and powers or rights and powers hereafter acquired by municipalities under valid contracts with utilities; (4) In respect of matters other than rates and service regulations and equipment, to repeal any power of any municipality to adopt and enforce reasonable police regulations and ordinances in the interest of the public safety, morals and convenience, or to protect the public against fraud, imposition or oppression by utilities within their respective jurisdiction, or to require the discharge by utilities of their respective duties within such municipalities, whether arising out of contract with the municipality or by statute or regulation by the commission or otherwise. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9814; Code 1940, T. 48, §20.)
AL Code § 37-1-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-36 - Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Nonutility Business.

Section 37-1-36Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations - Nonutility business. When a person is engaged in business, a portion of which business is private business and a portion of which is the business of a utility, the authority, powers and jurisdiction of the commission conferred upon it by law shall not be deemed to apply to and shall not be exercised with respect to that portion of said business which is a private business. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9743; Code 1940, T. 48, §19.)
AL Code § 37-1-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-37 - Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Logging or Private Railroads.

Section 37-1-37Jurisdictional exemptions or limitations - Logging or private railroads. This title shall not apply to logging or private railroads not doing business as common carriers. (Code 1907, §5649; Code 1923, §9627; Code 1940, T. 48, §21.)
AL Code § 37-1-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-38 - Adoption of Rules.

Section 37-1-38Adoption of rules. The commission may adopt and publish rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all investigations and hearings before it, provided all hearings shall be open to the public. (Code 1907, §5643; Code 1923, §9621; Code 1940, T. 48, §22.)
AL Code § 37-1-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-39 - Publication of Orders and Opinions.

Section 37-1-39Publication of orders and opinions. Every order of the commission shall be in writing, and in cases of importance may be accompanied by an opinion, setting forth, in brief, the facts on which the commission has based its order. The commission shall provide for the assembling and publication, from time to time, of its opinions and orders. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9818; Code 1940, T. 48, §24.)
AL Code § 37-1-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-40 - Duty of Utilities to Comply With Orders.

Section 37-1-40Duty of utilities to comply with orders. Every utility subject to the supervision of the Public Service Commission, and all officers, agents and employees of the same shall obey, observe and comply with every order made by the Public Service Commission under the authority of this title. (Acts 1907, Ex. Sess., No. 15, p. 29; Code 1923, §9871; Code 1940, T. 48, §23.)
AL Code § 37-1-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-41 - Reports to Governor.

Section 37-1-41Reports to Governor. On or before January 10 of each year, the Public Service Commission, through the president thereof, shall make to the Governor, for transmission to the legislature, a report of its acts and doings for the year ending on September 30 next preceding, setting forth such facts as will disclose the actual workings of utilities of this state, and making such suggestions as to it may seem appropriate, and for the best interests of the state. Such reports may be made public immediately upon the filing with the Governor. (Code 1886, §1142; Code 1896, §3503; Code 1907, §5645; Code 1923, §9623; Code 1940, T. 48, §25.)
AL Code § 37-1-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-42 - Furnishing Information to Department of Revenue.

Section 37-1-42Furnishing information to Department of Revenue. The commission shall, on request of the Director of the Department of Revenue, furnish such information as will assist in the assessment of taxes against persons or corporations operating utilities. (Code 1886, §1141; Code 1896, §3502; Code 1907, §5655; Code 1923, §9637; Code 1940, T. 48, §27.)
AL Code § 37-1-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-43 - Jurisdiction Over Utilities Engaged in Interstate Commerce Not Regulated Under Acts of Congress.

Section 37-1-43Jurisdiction over utilities engaged in interstate commerce not regulated under acts of Congress. All the authority, powers and jurisdiction which have been given by law to the Alabama Public Service Commission over utilities engaged in intrastate commerce in this state are hereby given to said commission over utilities whose principal place of business is located outside the State of Alabama, but who are engaged in this state in interstate commerce not regulated under the acts of the Congress of the United States to the extent that the exercise by said commission of such authority, powers and jurisdiction over such utilities engaged in interstate commerce is permissible. (Acts 1923, No. 516, p. 687; Code 1923, §9649; Code 1940, T. 48, §28.)
AL Code § 37-1-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-44 - Proceedings When Interstate Rates or Rules, etc., Deemed Excessive or Discriminatory.

Section 37-1-44Proceedings when interstate rates or rules, etc., deemed excessive or discriminatory. When the commission is of the opinion that the interstate rates, charges, practices, rules or regulations of any utility are unjust, unreasonable, excessive, discriminatory or otherwise in violation of the Interstate Commerce Act, or other federal acts relating to utilities, or any of the rules and orders or regulations promulgated by the Interstate Commerce Commission or by any such federal agency or commission having jurisdiction thereof, the commission may apply by proper proceeding to the proper agency or commission for relief. (Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §9718; Code 1940, T. 48, §29.)
AL Code § 37-1-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-45 - Sitting or Conferring With Commissions of Other States.

Section 37-1-45Sitting or conferring with commissions of other states. The members of the commission may sit with and confer with other state utility commissions and public service commissions, either within or without the state, in general utility matters; but in no event shall the commission make any order without proceeding to carry out the other provisions of this title in respect to notice and hearings. (Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §9721; Code 1940, T. 48, §32.)
AL Code § 37-1-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-46 - Sitting or Conferring With Federal Commissions or Agencies.

Section 37-1-46Sitting or conferring with federal commissions or agencies. In any proceedings involving directly or indirectly any rate, charge, practice, rule, or regulation in force in the State of Alabama, the commission through any of its members may sit with and confer with the Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Power Commission, Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal commission or agency. (Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §9719; Code 1940, T. 48, §30.)
AL Code § 37-1-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-47 - Intervention, Initiation or Participation in Federal Proceedings Involving Interstate Rates, etc., in Alabama.

Section 37-1-47Intervention, initiation or participation in federal proceedings involving interstate rates, etc., in Alabama. When, in any proceeding before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Power Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal bureau or agency, any interstate rate or regulation or any interstate rate, charge, regulation, rule or practice in the State of Alabama is drawn in question or affected, the commission may through its members or agents intervene in such case, take part therein and make such contentions as it shall deem proper. The commission additionally may, through its members or agents, initiate or participate in, as a real party in interest or as a permissive party with a recognized interest in the outcome, any litigation, administrative hearings or any other proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Power Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority or any other federal bureau, agency or instrumentality whenever deemed in the best interest of the utility ratepayers in Alabama. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit such intervention, initiation, or participation in any litigation, hearings, or proceedings involving municipal utilities, cooperatives, electric membership corporations, and other similar membership corporations, including specifically, but not by way of limitation, those such entities referred to in Chapters 50 and 50A of Title 11, Chapters 6 and 7 of Title 37, and Chapter 7 of Title 39, as amended. (Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §9720; Code 1940, T. 48, §31; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-910, p. 487, §1.)
AL Code § 37-1-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-48 - Waiver by Utility of Terms or Conditions in Municipal Ordinances or Contracts.

Section 37-1-48Waiver by utility of terms or conditions in municipal ordinances or contracts. Any utility accepting under the provisions of this title any rate or service regulation more favorable to it than provided by any ordinance or contract under which it claims rights from any municipality shall be held to waive any and all terms and conditions in such ordinance or contracts as to rates and service regulations in its favor and to submit the same in all respects to reasonable regulations by the state or its lawful agencies. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9815; Code 1940, T. 48, §33.)
AL Code § 37-1-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-49 - Duty of Utility to Render Adequate Service and Maintain Facilities.

Section 37-1-49Duty of utility to render adequate service and maintain facilities. Every utility shall maintain its plant, facilities and equipment in good operating condition and shall set up and maintain proper reserves for renewals, replacements and reasonable contingencies. Every utility shall render adequate service to the public and shall make such reasonable improvements, extensions and enlargements of its plants, facilities and equipment as may be necessary to meet the growth and demand of the territory which it is under the duty to serve. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9769; Code 1940, T. 48, §34.)
AL Code § 37-1-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-50 - Certificate for Abandonment of Service.

Section 37-1-50Certificate for abandonment of service. No utility shall abandon all or any portion of its service to the public except ordinary discontinuance of service for nonpayment of charges, nonuser and similar reasons in the usual course of business, unless and until written application is first made to the commission for the issuance of a certificate that the present or future public convenience or necessity permits such abandonment and the issuance of such a certificate. Upon the filing of such application and after a hearing of all parties interested, the commission may or may not, in its discretion, issue such certificate. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9798; Code 1940, T. 48, §35.)
AL Code § 37-1-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-51 - Classification of Utility Services.

Section 37-1-51Classification of utility services. The commission may provide for a comprehensive classification of service for each utility, and such classification may take into account the quantity used, the time when used, the purpose for which used or any other reasonable consideration. Each utility is required to conform its schedule of rates to such classification. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9791; Code 1940, T. 48, §36.)
AL Code § 37-1-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-52 - Prescribing Standards of Service; Regulations for Testing of Service.

Section 37-1-52Prescribing standards of service; regulations for testing of service. The commission may prescribe adequate standard of service rendered or to be rendered by any utility, and may prescribe regulations for the examination and testing of such service and for the measurement and regulations thereof. (Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9782; Code 1940, T. 48, §37.)
AL Code § 37-1-52.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.|Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.|Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.|Division 1 - General Provisions.|Section 37-1-52.1 - Operator Service to Include Access to Live Operator.

Section 37-1-52.1Operator service to include access to live operator. Each telecommunications utility and/or company that provides operator service shall ensure that a caller may access a live operator through a method designed to be easily and clearly understandable and accessible to the caller. A telecommunications utility and/or company shall submit to the Public Service Commission the method by which the utility and/or company shall provide access to a live operator for review, except for a telecommunications utility and/or company that is under the jurisdiction, regulation, and rules of the Alabama Public Service Commission. This section applies regardless of the method by which the telecommunications utility and/or company provides the operator service. The requirements of this section shall not apply to telephones located in prison or jail facilities. (Acts 1993, No. 93-756, p. 1511, §1.)