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TN Code § 65-2-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-102. Adoption, Effective Date and Publication of Rules

  The commission is empowered and directed to adopt rules in the following circumstances and in the following manner:  The commission shall adopt rules governing the procedure prescribed or authorized by this chapter or by any other statute applicable to the commission; these rules shall include, but shall not be limited to, rules of practice before the commission, together with forms and instructions;   The commission is empowered to adopt rules implementing, interpreting, or making specific the various laws which it enforces or administers; provided, that the commission shall have no power to vary or deviate from those laws, nor to extend its power or jurisdiction to matters not provided for in those laws;   The commission may adopt, amend, or repeal such rules on its own motion, or on the petition of any interested person. The commission shall prescribe by rule the form of such petitions and the procedure for their submission, consideration and disposition; provided, that the commission shall abide by any such rule adopted by it, until it shall have been changed in the manner provided for in this chapter; and   Prior to the adoption of any rule, or to the amendment or repeal of any rule, the commission shall, so far as practicable and in such manner as it deems expedient, publish or otherwise circulate notice of its intended action, and afford interested persons opportunity to submit data or argument in such manner as the commission shall prescribe; provided, that no person shall be entitled to challenge the validity of such a rule, or the amendment or repeal of such a rule, on the grounds that such person failed to receive such notice or was not given an opportunity to be heard.     Rules adopted by the commission shall take effect at such date as the commission shall direct. The commission shall compile and publish all rules adopted by it in such manner and in such form as it deems expedient. The commission shall also furnish copies of such compilations of its rules to all persons requesting same at a price fixed by the commission to cover publication and mailing costs.
TN Code § 65-2-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-103. Petitions to Be in Writing — Filing Fees

  Every petition filed with the commission shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by a filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).   Any petition filed on behalf of multiple parties shall be accompanied by a payment of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each party.
TN Code § 65-2-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-104. Petition for Declaratory Ruling by the Commission

 On the petition of any interested person, the commission may issue a declaratory ruling with respect to the applicability to any person, property, or state of facts of any rule or statute enforceable by it or with respect to the meaning and scope of any order of the commission. A declaratory ruling, if issued after argument and stated to be binding, is binding between the commission and the petitioner on the state of facts alleged in the petition, unless it is altered or set aside by a court in a proper proceeding. Such rulings are subject to review in the chancery court of Davidson County in the manner provided in this chapter for the review of decisions in contested cases. The commission shall prescribe by rule the form for such petitions and the procedure for their submission, consideration, and disposition.
TN Code § 65-2-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-105. Declaratory Judgment on Validity of Rules

 The validity of any rule of the commission may be determined upon petition for a declaratory judgment thereon addressed to the chancery court of Davidson County, when it appears that the rule, or its threatened application, interferes with or impairs, or threatens to interfere with or impair, the legal rights or privileges of the petitioner. The commission shall be made a party to all such proceedings. Such declaratory judgment may be rendered whether or not the petitioner has first requested the commission to pass upon the validity of the rule in question. In passing on such rules, the court shall declare the rule invalid only if it finds that it violates constitutional provisions or exceeds the statutory authority of the commission or was adopted without compliance with the rulemaking procedures provided for in this chapter.
TN Code § 65-2-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-106. Show Cause Orders

 The commission is empowered and authorized in the exercise of the powers and jurisdiction conferred upon it by law to issue orders on its own motion citing persons under its jurisdiction to appear before it and show cause why the commission should not take such action as the commission shall indicate in its show cause order appears justified by preliminary investigation made by the commission under the powers conferred upon it by law. All such show cause orders shall fully and specifically state the grounds and bases thereof, and the respondents named in the orders shall be given an opportunity to fully reply thereto. Show cause proceedings shall otherwise follow the provisions of this chapter with reference to contested cases, except where otherwise specifically provided.
TN Code § 65-2-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-107. Parties to Contested Cases

 All persons having a right under the provisions of the laws applicable to the commission to appear and be heard in contested cases as defined in this chapter shall be deemed parties to such proceedings for the purposes of this chapter. In addition, the commission may upon motion allow any interested person to intervene and become a party to any contested case.
TN Code § 65-2-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-108. Notice and Hearing in Contested Cases

 All parties to contested cases shall be afforded an opportunity for hearing after reasonable notice. The notice shall state the time, place, and issues involved as specifically as may be practicable. At the hearing all parties shall be afforded an opportunity to present evidence and argument in accordance with the rules of the commission; provided, that informal disposition may also be made of any case by stipulation, agreed settlement, consent order, or default; and provided further, that this section shall not be applicable to proceedings otherwise provided for by law.
TN Code § 65-2-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-109. Rules of Evidence — Judicial Notice — Burden of Proof

 In all contested cases:   The commission shall not be bound by the rules of evidence applicable in a court, but it may admit and give probative effect to any evidence which possesses such probative value as would entitle it to be accepted by reasonably prudent persons in the conduct of their affairs; provided, that the commission shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law; and provided further, that the commission may exclude incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitious evidence;   All evidence, including records and documents in the possession of the commission of which it desires to avail itself, shall be offered and made a part of the record in the case, and no other factual information or evidence shall be considered in the determination of the case. Documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts, or by incorporation by reference;   Every party shall have the right of cross-examination of witnesses who testify, and shall have the right to submit rebuttal evidence;   The commission may take notice of judicially cognizable facts and, in addition, may take notice of general, technical, or scientific facts within its specialized knowledge. Parties shall be notified either before or during the hearing, or by reference in preliminary reports or otherwise, of the material so noticed, and they shall be afforded an opportunity to contest the facts so noted. The commission may utilize its experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge in the evaluation of evidence presented to it; and   The burden of proof shall be on the party or parties asserting the affirmative of an issue; provided, that when the commission has issued a show cause order pursuant to this chapter, the burden of proof shall be on the parties thus directed to show cause.
TN Code § 65-2-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-110. Commission Reporter — Preparation of Official Record

 The commission is authorized and directed to employ a competent court reporter or stenographer, whose salary shall be paid out of the general appropriations for the commission, and whose duties shall be to attend all sessions of the commission, to take down and transcribe all testimony offered in contested cases, to prepare the official record of all contested cases, which record shall include all petitions, applications, testimony, exhibits and such other matters as required by law or as the commission may direct, and to perform such other duties as the commission may direct; provided, that the commission may, in its discretion, direct the reporter not to transcribe particular proceedings if it appears that no such transcript is necessary; and provided further, that any party to a contested case may obtain copies of the transcript of testimony made by the commission's reporter upon the payment to the commission of the cost of same at such rate as the commission may determine.
TN Code § 65-2-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-111. Proceedings Before Hearing Examiners

 In any contested case, the commission may direct that the proceedings or any part thereof shall be heard by a hearing examiner to be appointed by the commission; provided, that only the members of the commission and the regular employees of the commission shall be eligible to serve as such examiners. Proceedings before hearing examiners shall be according to this chapter, other applicable laws and the rules of the commission. Whenever a contested case, or any part thereof, is heard by a hearing examiner, the hearing examiner shall make a proposal for decision in writing which shall include findings of fact and conclusions of law made by the hearing examiner. Such proposals for decisions shall be served on all parties of record, and each party who would be adversely affected by the proposed decision shall be given an opportunity to file exceptions and present argument in writing to the commission itself. Before the commission shall enter a final order in such cases, the members thereof shall personally consider the entire record, or such portion thereof as may be cited by the parties, and shall make its decision in the form and manner prescribed by this chapter for decisions in contested cases.
TN Code § 65-2-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-112. Decisions and Orders in Contested Cases

 Every final decision or order rendered by the commission in a contested case shall be in writing, or stated in the record, and shall contain a statement of the findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which the decision of the commission is based. Copies of such decisions or orders shall be delivered or mailed to each party or to the party's attorney of record.
TN Code § 65-2-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-113. Publication of Decisions and Orders in Contested Cases

 The commission shall each year compile and publish in such manner as it deems expedient such of its decisions or orders as it deems to be of general interest, and shall charge for copies of such compilations a reasonable price to cover the cost of publication and mailing. The commission may also include within such compilations decisions or orders with reference to the rules of the commission.
TN Code § 65-2-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-114. Petitions for Rehearing in Contested Cases

 Any party to a contested case who deems to be aggrieved by a final order of the commission and who desires to have the same modified or set aside may within fifteen (15) days after the entry of such order file with the commission a written petition for rehearing, which shall specify in detail the grounds for the relief sought in the petition and authorities in support.
TN Code § 65-2-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-115. Effect of Filing of Petition for Rehearing

 The filing of a petition for rehearing shall not suspend or delay the effective date of the commission's order, and the order shall take effect on the date fixed by the commission and shall continue in effect unless and until the petition is granted or until the order is superseded, modified, or set aside in a manner provided by law.
TN Code § 65-2-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-116. Grounds for Rehearing

 A petition for rehearing will lie only for the following grounds:   Some material error of law committed by the commission;   Some material error of fact committed by the commission; or   The discovery of new evidence sufficiently strong to reverse or modify the commission's order, and which could not have been previously discovered by due diligence.
TN Code § 65-2-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-117. Replies to Petitions for Rehearing

 Copies of a petition for rehearing shall be served on all parties of record who may file replies to such petition.
TN Code § 65-2-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-118. Disposition of Petitions for Rehearing

 The commission may, in its discretion, set the petition down for hearing or enter an order with reference to the petition without a hearing; provided, that in any event the commission shall dispose of the petition within thirty (30) days after filing thereof. If the commission enters no order disposing of the petition within the thirty-day period, the petition shall be deemed to have been denied as of the expiration of the thirty-day period.
TN Code § 65-2-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-119. Proceedings Upon Granting of Petition for Rehearing

 Upon the granting of a petition for rehearing by the commission, the commission shall set the matter for rehearing as soon as practicable. In disposing of matters on rehearing, the commission shall have all the powers and shall follow the procedures of the chancery courts with reference to the disposition of rehearings in such courts, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
TN Code § 65-2-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-120. Conflict of Laws

 If, in any case to which this chapter applies, this chapter conflicts with any other law in this state, this chapter shall control.
TN Code § 65-2-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-121. Liberal Construction of Chapter

 This chapter shall not be construed as in derogation of the common law, but shall be given a liberal construction, and any doubt as to the existence or the extent of a power conferred shall be resolved in favor of the existence of the power.
TN Code § 65-2-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 2 - Procedure Before the Tennessee Public Utility Commission|§ 65-2-122. Establishment of Optional Services Purchased by Regulated Entities or Unregulated Service Providers — Cost-Based Charges for Services — Election to Use Services

  The commission may establish optional services that may be purchased by regulated entities or other unregulated service providers, which are related to the exercise, administration or enforcement of jurisdiction delegated to the commission by state or federal law.   The establishment of charges for services described in subsection (a) shall be cost-based.   No charge for services as established in this section shall be applied to any party that does not expressly elect to use such services, and no party shall be required to elect to use such optional services as a condition of initiating any case before the commission.
TN Code § 65-7-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-101. Power of Locality to Become Stockholder

 Any county, incorporated city, or town may become a stockholder in any railroad company incorporated under the general laws of this state, to an amount not exceeding, in the aggregate, one-tenth (1/10) of its taxable property, by complying with the requirements of this chapter.
TN Code § 65-7-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-102. Right to Subscribe to Stock

 No county, incorporated city, or town shall subscribe to the capital stock of any railroad company under this chapter unless its railroad runs through the county or within one (1) mile of the incorporated city or town making the subscription; provided, that any county within which the railroad or any of its branches terminates may subscribe under this chapter.
TN Code § 65-7-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-103. Conditions Precedent to Subscription

  Before any county makes any subscription under this chapter, the president, or other authorized officer or agent of the railroad company, shall submit to the county mayor an application in the name of the company, setting forth the proposed termini of its railroad, the amount of the subscription asked for, the time within which its road will be constructed through the county, and that the application is made under this chapter, and the same shall be accompanied by a plan or map, certified by the chief engineer of the company, showing the general direction and line of its railroad in the county.   Before an incorporated city or town shall make any subscription under this chapter, such application must be submitted to its mayor or chief executive officer, showing the proposed termini of its railroad, accompanied with the declaration, on the part of the company, that it will locate and construct its railroad within one (1) mile of such incorporated city or town, within such time as shall be fixed in the application.
TN Code § 65-7-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-104. Record of Application, Plan, and Amount — Ordering of Election

 The county legislative body, or board of mayor and aldermen, or other governing body, as the case may be, shall spread upon its records the application and accompanying plan or map or declaration, and the amount to be voted upon by the people, and shall have full power to order such elections according to the laws regulating elections in this state.
TN Code § 65-7-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-105. County Election on Question — Order by Legislative Body

 Upon the presentation of the application, with the accompanying plan or map, as provided in § 65-7-103, it is made the duty of the county mayor to give ten (10) days' notice to each and every member of the county legislative body of the county mayor's county to assemble at the courthouse of the county, in order to take action on such application. If at such special meeting of the county legislative body a majority of the members in commission shall be of the opinion that an election should be held in the county to determine whether or not the county should make the subscription applied for, the legislative body shall so order.
TN Code § 65-7-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-106. City or Town Election on Question — Order by Governing Body

 In like manner, upon the presentation of the application to the mayor or other chief executive officer of any incorporated city or town, accompanied by a declaration on the part of the company that its line of railroad shall be located and constructed within one (1) mile of such city or town, as provided in §§ 65-7-101 — 65-7-105, then it is made the duty of such mayor or chief executive officer to convene the board of mayor and aldermen, or other governing or representative body of such city or town, and submit such application for its consideration. Should a majority of the board of mayor and aldermen, or other governing or representative body of such city or town, be of the opinion that an election should be held in the same to determine whether or not such city or town should make the subscription, it shall so order.
TN Code § 65-7-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 65 - Public Utilities and Carriers|Chapter 7 - Subscription to Railroad Stock by Counties and Municipalities|§ 65-7-107. Notice of Election

 The election shall be advertised at least thirty (30) days beforehand, by notice published in a newspaper of the county, if there is one, or if not, posted at the different places of voting, specifying the time it is to be held, for what railroad, and the amount of stock proposed to be taken.