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MO Rev Stat § 386.360 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.360 - Commission to investigate mandamus or injunctive actions, when — hearings, when held — parties, when joined — form of final judgment.

Effective - 13 Jun 1989   386.360. Commission to investigate mandamus or injunctive actions, when — hearings, when held — parties, when joined — form of final judgment. — 1. Whenever the commission shall be of the opinion that a public utility, municipal gas system, person or corporation is failing or omitting or about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by law or by order or decision of the commission, or is doing anything or about to do anything or permitting anything or about to permit anything to be done, contrary to or in violation of law or of any order or decision of the commission, it shall direct the general counsel to the commission to commence an action or proceeding in any circuit court of the state of Missouri in the name of the commission for the purpose of having such violations or threatened violations stopped and prevented either by mandamus or injunctions. The commission's general counsel shall thereupon begin such action or proceeding by a petition to such court alleging the violation complained of and praying for appropriate relief by way of mandamus or injunction. Such relief shall not be limited to permanent forms of mandamus and injunction, but shall include all available forms of injunction and mandamus, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, permanent injunctions, preliminary orders of mandamus, and permanent orders of mandamus.  2. It shall thereupon be the duty of the court to specify the time, not exceeding thirty days after service of a copy of the petition, within which the public utility, person, municipal gas system or corporation complained of, must answer the petition in cases where an answer is contemplated by Missouri Rules of Court. In case of default in answer or after answer, the court shall immediately inquire into the facts and circumstances in such manner as the court shall direct without other or formal pleadings, and without respect to any technical requirement.  3. Such other persons, public utilities, municipal gas systems or corporations as the court shall deem necessary or proper to join as parties in order to make its order, judgment or writs effective may be joined as parties upon application of the commission's general counsel.  4. The final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall either dismiss the action or proceeding or direct that a writ of mandamus or an injunction, or both, issue as prayed for in the petition or in such modified or other form as the court may determine will afford appropriate relief. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 5641, 5661, 5683, A. 1949 H.B. 2099, A.L. 1967 p. 578, A.L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157, A.L. 1989 H.B. 938)  Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 5185, 5205, 5227; 1919 §§ 10473, 10493, 10515  Effective 6-13-89
MO Rev Stat § 386.371 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.371 - Taxes and costs paid by public utility on reclassification of personal property to real property, recoverable in service rates, when — commission's duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   386.371. Taxes and costs paid by public utility on reclassification of personal property to real property, recoverable in service rates, when — commission's duties. — All taxes and costs of financing taxes which are paid subsequent to August 1, 1992, by a public utility, as defined in chapter 386, on real property in the rate base of the public utility caused by a reclassification of personal property to real property may be recoverable in the service rates of the public utility, and the public service commission shall utilize administrative remedies available to it under statute and previous commission orders to consider the recoverability of such tax rates. ­­-------- (L. 1991 H.B. 608 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 386.380 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.380 - Reports of commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   386.380. Reports of commission. — 1. All proceedings of the commission and all documents and records in its possession shall be public records. The commission shall make and submit to the governor on or before the second Monday in January in each year a report containing a full and complete account of its transactions and proceedings for the preceding fiscal year, together with such other facts, suggestions and recommendations as it may deem of value to the people of the state, which report shall be laid before the next succeeding legislature.  2. The commission shall conduct a hearing and take testimony relative to any pending legislation with respect to any person, corporation or matter within the jurisdiction of the commission, if requested to do so by the legislature or by either branch thereof or by the governor, and shall report its conclusions to the legislature, or to the governor if the request was made by him. The commission may also recommend the enactment of such legislation with respect to any matter within its jurisdiction as it deems wise or necessary in the public interest. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5594)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5138; 1919 § 10427
MO Rev Stat § 386.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.400 - Utilities, corporations and persons may file complaint.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   386.400. Utilities, corporations and persons may file complaint. — Any corporation, person or public utility shall have the right to complain on any of the grounds upon which complaints are allowed to be filed by other parties, and the same procedure shall be adopted and followed as in other cases, except that the complaint may be served upon any parties designated by the commission. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5687, A.L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5231; 1919 § 10519
MO Rev Stat § 386.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.410 - Commission to adopt rules of procedure, technical rules of evidence not to apply — proceedings to be informal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   386.410. Commission to adopt rules of procedure, technical rules of evidence not to apply — proceedings to be informal. — 1. All hearings before the commission or a commissioner shall be governed by rules to be adopted and prescribed by the commission. And in all investigations, inquiries or hearings the commission or commissioner shall not be bound by the technical rules of evidence.  2. No formality in any proceeding nor in the manner of taking testimony before the commission or any commissioner shall invalidate any order, decision, rule or regulation made, approved or confirmed by the commission. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5600, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 463, A.L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157, A.L. 1996 S.B. 780)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5144; 1919 § 10433
MO Rev Stat § 386.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.430 - Burden of proof on adverse party.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   386.430. Burden of proof on adverse party. — In all trials, actions, suits and proceedings arising under the provisions of this chapter or growing out of the exercise of the authority and powers granted herein to the commission, the burden of proof shall be upon the party adverse to such commission or seeking to set aside any determination, requirement, direction or order of said commission, to show by clear and satisfactory evidence that the determination, requirement, direction or order of the commission complained of is unreasonable or unlawful as the case may be. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5703)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5247; 1919 § 10535
MO Rev Stat § 386.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.450 - Inspection of out of state records.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   386.450. Inspection of out of state records. — At the request of the public counsel and upon good cause shown by him the commission shall require or on its own initiative the commission may require, by order served upon any corporation, person or public utility in the manner provided herein for the service of orders, the production within this state at such time and place as it may designate, of any books, accounts, papers or records kept by said corporation, person or public utility in any office or place within or without this state, or, at its option, verified copies in lieu thereof, so that an examination thereof may be made by the public counsel when the order is issued at his request or by the commission or under its direction. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5700, A.L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5244; 1919 § 10532
MO Rev Stat § 386.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.460 - Refusal to attend or produce books or papers, guilty of misdemeanor — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   386.460. Refusal to attend or produce books or papers, guilty of misdemeanor — penalty. — If a person subpoenaed to appear before the commission or a commissioner fails to obey the command of such subpoena, without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance upon the commission or a commissioner shall, without a reasonable cause, refuse to be sworn or to be examined, or answer a question, or to produce a book or paper when ordered to do so by the commission or a commissioner, or to subscribe or swear to his deposition after it has been correctly produced in writing, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and may be prosecuted therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction; and in case of a continuing violation each day's continuance thereof shall be and be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5599)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5143; 1919 § 10432
MO Rev Stat § 386.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.470 - Immunity of witnesses to prosecution.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   386.470. Immunity of witnesses to prosecution. — No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books or papers in any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing before the commission or any commissioner, when ordered to do so by the commission, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, books or documents required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to penalty or forfeiture, but no person shall be prosecuted, punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any act, transaction, matter or thing concerning which he shall under oath have testified or produced documentary evidence; provided, however, that no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution or punishment for any perjury committed by him in his testimony. Nothing herein contained is intended to give, or shall be construed as in any manner giving unto any corporation immunity of any kind. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5704)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5248; 1919 § 10536
MO Rev Stat § 386.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.480 - Information not to be divulged — exception — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   386.480. Information not to be divulged — exception — penalty. — No information furnished to the commission by a corporation, person or public utility, except such matters as are specifically required to be open to public inspection by the provisions of this chapter, or chapter 610, shall be open to public inspection or made public except on order of the commission, or by the commission or a commissioner in the course of a hearing or proceeding. The public counsel shall have full and complete access to public service commission files and records. Any officer or employee of the commission or the public counsel or any employee of the public counsel who, in violation of the provisions of this section, divulges any such information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5699, A.L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5243; 1919 § 10531
MO Rev Stat § 386.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.490 - Service and effect of orders.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   386.490. Service and effect of orders. — 1. Every order of the commission shall be served upon every person or corporation to be affected thereby, either by personal delivery of a certified copy thereof, by electronic service, or by mailing a certified copy thereof, in a sealed package with postage prepaid, to the person to be affected thereby, or, in the case of a corporation, to any officer or agent thereof upon whom a summons may be served in accordance with the provisions of the code of civil procedure.  2. Every order or decision of the commission shall of its own force take effect and become operative thirty days after the service thereof, except as otherwise provided, and shall continue in force either for a period which may be designated therein or until changed or abrogated by the commission, unless such order be unauthorized by this law or any other law or be in violation of a provision of the constitution of the state or of the United States. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5601, A.L. 2011 S.B. 48)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5145; 1919 § 10434
MO Rev Stat § 386.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.500 - Rehearing before commission.

Effective - 28 Aug 1977   386.500. Rehearing before commission. — 1. After an order or decision has been made by the commission, the public counsel or any corporation or person or public utility interested therein shall have the right to apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter determined therein, and the commission shall grant and hold such rehearing, if in its judgment sufficient reason therefor be made to appear; if a rehearing shall be granted the same shall be determined by the commission within thirty days after the same shall be finally submitted.  2. No cause or action arising out of any order or decision of the commission shall accrue in any court to any corporation or the public counsel or person or public utility unless that party shall have made, before the effective date of such order or decision, application to the commission for a rehearing. Such application shall set forth specifically the ground or grounds on which the applicant considers said order or decision to be unlawful, unjust or unreasonable. The applicant shall not in any court urge or rely on any ground not so set forth in its application for rehearing.  3. An application for a rehearing shall not excuse any corporation or person or public utility from complying with or obeying any order or decision or any requirement of an order or decision of the commission, or operate in any manner to stay or postpone the enforcement thereof except as the commission may by order direct.  4. If, after a rehearing and a consideration of the facts, including those arising since the making of the order or decision, the commission shall be of the opinion that the original order or decision or any part thereof is in any respect unjust or unwarranted, or should be changed, the commission may abrogate, change or modify the same. An order made after any such 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. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5689, A.L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5233; 1919 § 10521
MO Rev Stat § 386.515 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.515 - Rehearing, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 2 histories   386.515. Rehearing, procedure. — With respect to commission orders or decisions issued on and after July 1, 2011, an application for rehearing is required to be served on all parties and is a prerequisite to the filing of an appeal under section 386.510. The application for rehearing puts the parties to the proceeding before the commission on notice that an appeal can follow and any such review under the appeal may proceed provided that a copy of the notice of appeal is served on said parties. With respect to commission orders or decisions issued on and after July 1, 2011, the review procedure provided for in section 386.510 continues to be exclusive except that a copy of the notice of appeal required by section 386.510 shall be served on the commission and each party to the proceeding before the commission by the appellant according to the rules established by the court in which the appeal is filed. ­­-------- (L. 2001 S.B. 267, A.L. 2011 S.B. 48, A.L. 2019 H.B. 192 merged with H.B. 355)
MO Rev Stat § 386.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.530 - Priority over other civil cases in court actions granted.

Effective - 01 Jul 2011   386.530. Priority over other civil cases in court actions granted. — All actions or proceedings under this or any other chapter, and all actions and proceedings commenced or prosecuted by order of the commission, and all actions and proceedings to which the commission, the public counsel or the state may be parties, and in which any question arises under this or any other chapter, or under or concerning any order or decision or action of the commission, shall be preferred over all other civil causes except election contests in all the appellate courts of the state of Missouri, and shall be heard and determined in preference to all other civil business pending therein except election contests, irrespective of position on the calendar. The same preference shall be granted upon application of the public counsel or the commission counsel in any action or proceeding in which either or both may be allowed to intervene. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5692, A.L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157, A.L. 2011 S.B. 48)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5236; 1919 § 10524  Effective 7-01-11
MO Rev Stat § 386.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.540 - Appeals from appellate court — transcript and exhibits — precedence over other civil cases.

Effective - 01 Jul 2011   386.540. Appeals from appellate court — transcript and exhibits — precedence over other civil cases. — 1. The commission and any party, including the public counsel, who has participated in the court of appeals proceeding and is aggrieved by the opinion of the court may seek rehearing or transfer to the Missouri supreme court under rules established by the court. The original transcript of the record and testimony and exhibits, certified to by the commission and filed with the court of appeals shall constitute the record on appeal to the supreme court.  2. Where an appeal is taken to the supreme court, the cause shall, on the return of the papers to the supreme court, be immediately placed on the docket of the then-pending term by the clerk of the court and shall be assigned and brought to a hearing in the same manner as other causes on the then-pending term docket, but shall have precedence over all civil causes of a different nature pending in the court.  3. The general laws relating to appeals to the supreme court and the court of appeals in this state shall, so far as applicable and not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, apply to appeals taken under the provisions of this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5693, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263, A.L. 1977 H.B. 42 & 157, A.L. 2011 S.B. 48)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5237; 1919 § 10525  Effective 7-01-11  (1967) Provisions requiring filing of cost bond within ten days of rendition of judgment in circuit court on review of decision of public service commission are for the protection of the commission, and are directory, not mandatory. State v. Public Service Commission of Missouri (A.), 414 S.W.2d 322.
MO Rev Stat § 386.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission|Section 386.550 - Orders to be conclusive.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   386.550. Orders to be conclusive. — In all collateral actions or proceedings the orders and decisions of the commission which have become final shall be conclusive. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 5694)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 5238; 1919 § 10526  (1955) Public service commission had power to require city of third class to pay part of costs of installations at street crossings and its order could not be questioned in action by railroad against city to recover such part. Wabash R. Co. v. City of Wellston (Mo.), 379 S.W.2d 208. (1964) Ruling of court limiting the authority granted water company by prior order of public service commission to area described in county franchise did not constitute collateral attack on the order in violation of this section since it in no way questions validity of the order but acknowledged its validity. State ex rel. Public Water Supply District No. 2 of Jackson County v. Burton (Mo.), 379 S.W.2d 593.