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2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-110 - RAILROAD.

61-110. RAILROAD. The term "railroad" when used in this act includes every commercial, interurban and other railway other than a street railroad, and each and every branch or extension thereof, by whatsoever power operated, together with all tracks, bridges, trestles, rights of way, subways, stations, tunnels, depots, union depots, ferries, yards, grounds, terminals, terminal facilities, structures and equipment, and all other real estate, fixtures and personal property of every kind used in connection therewith, owned, controlled, operated or managed for public use in the transportation of persons or property.
History:
[(61-110) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2i, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1i, p. 152; reen. 1917, ch. 128, sec. 1, subd. i, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:10; C.S., sec. 2377; I.C.A., sec. 59-110.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-111 - RAILROAD CORPORATION.

61-111. RAILROAD CORPORATION. The term "railroad corporation" when used in this act includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating or managing any railroad for compensation within this state.
History:
[(61-111) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2j, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1j, p. 152; reen. 1917, ch. 128, sec. 1, subd. j, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:11; C.S., sec. 2378; I.C.A., sec. 59-111.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-112 - EXPRESS CORPORATION.

61-112. EXPRESS CORPORATION. The term "express corporation" when used in this act includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, engaged in or transacting the business of transporting any freight, merchandise or other property for compensation on the line of any common carrier or stage or auto stage line within this state.
History:
[(61-112) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2k, p. 248; am. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1k, p. 152; am. 1917, ch. 128, subd. k, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:12; C.S., sec. 2379; I.C.A., sec. 59-112.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-113 - COMMON CARRIER.

61-113. COMMON CARRIER. The term "common carrier" when used in this act includes every railroad corporation, street railroad corporation, express corporation, dispatch, sleeping car, dining car, drawing room car, freight line, refrigerator, oil, stock, fruit, car loaning, car renting, car loading and every other car corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, operating for compensation within this state.
History:
[(61-113) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2 (l), p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1 (l), p. 152; reen. 1917, ch. 128, subd. l, p. 430; am. 1917, ch. 161, sec. 1 (l), p. 488; am. C.L. 106:13; am. 1919, ch. 172, sec. 1, p. 546; C.S., sec. 2380; I.C.A., sec. 59-113; am. 2010, ch. 167, sec. 1, p. 343.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-114 - PIPELINE.

61-114. PIPELINE. (1) The term "pipeline" when used in this act includes all real estate, gathering lines, fixtures and personal property owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with or to facilitate the transmission, storage, distribution or delivery of natural gas or manufactured gas, crude oil or other fluid substances except water through pipelines.
(2) "Gathering lines" means fixtures, valves, pipes and other property used to transport, deliver or distribute natural gas, manufactured gas, natural gas condensate, crude oil or other petroleum products from a wellhead to a transmission line.
History:
[(61-114) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2m, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1m, p. 152; reen. 1917, ch. 128, subd. m, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:14; C.S., sec. 2381; I.C.A., sec. 59-114; am. 2012, ch. 72, sec. 1, p. 207; am. 2014, ch. 108, sec. 1, p. 315.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-115 - PIPELINE CORPORATION.

61-115. PIPELINE CORPORATION. The term "pipeline corporation" when used in this act includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating or managing any pipeline for compensation within this state.
History:
[(61-115) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2n, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1n, p. 153; reen. 1917, ch. 128, subd. n, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:15; C.S., sec. 2382; I.C.A., sec. 59-115.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-116 - GAS PLANT.

61-116. GAS PLANT. The term "gas plant" when used in this act includes all real estate, fixtures and personal property owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with or to facilitate the production, generation, transmission, delivery or furnishing of gas (natural or manufactured) for light, heat or power.
History:
[(61-116) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2o, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1o, p. 153; reen. 1917, ch. 128, subd. o, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:16; C.S., sec. 2383; I.C.A., sec. 59-116.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-117 - GAS CORPORATION.

61-117. GAS CORPORATION. The term "gas corporation" when used in this act includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating or managing any gas plant for compensation, within this state, except where gas is made or produced on and distributed by the maker or producer through private property alone solely for his own use or the use of his tenants and not for sale to others.
History:
[(61-117) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2p, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1p, p. 153; reen. 1917, ch. 128, subd. p, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:17; C.S., sec. 2384; I.C.A., sec. 59-117.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-118 - ELECTRIC PLANT.

61-118. ELECTRIC PLANT. The term "electric plant" when used in this act includes all real estate, fixtures and personal property owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with or to facilitate the production, generation, transmission, delivery or furnishing of electricity for light, heat or power, and all conduits, ducts or other devices, materials, apparatus or property for containing, holding or carrying conductors used or to be used for the transmission of electricity for light, heat or power.
History:
[61-118, added 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2q, p. 248; am. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1q, p. 153; am. 1917, ch. 128, subd. q, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:18; C.S., sec. 2385; I.C.A., sec. 59-118.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-119 - ELECTRICAL CORPORATION.

61-119. ELECTRICAL CORPORATION. The term "electrical corporation" when used in this act includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating or managing any electric plant for compensation within this state, except where the electricity is:
(1) Generated on or distributed by the producer through private property alone, solely for his own use or the use of his tenants and not for sale to others;
(2) Purchased from a public utility as defined in section 61-129, Idaho Code, to charge the batteries of an electric motor vehicle as provided by order or rule of the commission; or
(3) To be used exclusively in operations incident to the working of metalliferous mines and mining claims, mills, or reduction and smelting plants, and the transmission lines and distribution systems are owned by the consumer or where several consumers severally own their individual distribution systems and jointly own, in their own names or through a trustee, the transmission lines used in connection therewith and transmit such electricity, whether generated by themselves or procured from some other source, over such transmission lines and distribution systems without profit, and to be used for their private uses for the purposes aforesaid in places outside the limits of incorporated cities, towns and villages, and not for resale or public use, sale or distribution.
History:
[(61-119) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2r, p. 248; am. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1r, p. 153; am. 1917, ch. 128, subd. r, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:19; C.S., sec. 2386; I.C.A., sec. 59-119; am. 2015, ch. 221, sec. 1, p. 684.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-120 - TELEPHONE LINE.

61-120. TELEPHONE LINE. The term "telephone line" when used in this act includes all conduits, ducts, poles, wires, cables, instruments and appliances, and all other real estate, fixtures, and personal property owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with or to facilitate communication by telephone, whether such communication is had with or without the use of transmission wires.
History:
[(61-120) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2s, p. 248; am. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1s, p. 154; am. 1917; ch. 128, subd. s, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:20; C.S., sec. 2387; I.C.A., sec. 59-120.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-121 - TELEPHONE CORPORATION — TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES.

61-121. TELEPHONE CORPORATION — TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES. (1) The term "telephone corporation" when used in title 61, Idaho Code, means every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court whatsoever, providing telecommunication services for compensation within this state. Except as otherwise provided by statute, telephone corporations providing radio paging, mobile radio telecommunication services, answering services (including computerized or otherwise automated answering or voice message services), or one-way transmission to subscribers of (i) video programming, or (ii) other programming service, and subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection of such video programming or other programming service or surveying are exempt from any requirement of title 61, or chapter 6, title 62, Idaho Code, in the provision of such services.
(2) "Telecommunication service" means the transmission of two-way interactive switched signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, messages, data, or other information of any nature by wire, radio, lightwaves, or other electromagnetic means (which includes message telecommunication service and access service), which originate and terminate in this state, and are offered to or for the public, or some portion thereof, for compensation. Except as otherwise provided by statute, "telecommunication service" does not include the one-way transmission to subscribers of (i) video programming, or (ii) other programming service, and subscriber interaction, if any, which is required for the selection of such video programming or other programming service, surveying, or the provision of radio paging, mobile radio telecommunication services, answering services (including computerized or otherwise automated answering or voice message services), and such services shall not be subject to the provisions of title 61, Idaho Code, or title 62, Idaho Code.
History:
[(61-121) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2t, p. 248; am. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1t, p. 154; am. 1917, ch. 128, subd. t, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:21; C.S., sec. 2388; I.C.A., sec. 59-121; am. 1983, ch. 172, sec. 2, p. 479; am. 1988, ch. 195, sec. 2, p. 368; am. 1999, ch. 114, sec. 1, p. 341.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-124 - WATER SYSTEM.

61-124. WATER SYSTEM. The term "water system" when used in this act includes all reservoirs, tunnels, shafts, dams, dikes, headgates, pipes, flumes, canals, structures and appliances, and all other real estate, fixtures and personal property, owned, controlled, operated or managed in connection with or to facilitate the diversion, development, storage, supply, distribution, sale, furnishing, carriage, apportionment or measurement of water for power, irrigation, reclamation or manufacturing, or for municipal, domestic or other beneficial use for hire.
A water system which consists of a canal system, or irrigation project constructed pursuant to the act of congress known as the Carey act and the statutes of this state relating thereto, shall not be considered a public utility under the terms of this act, and neither such water system nor the corporation, company or association owning or managing the same shall be under the jurisdiction, control or regulation of the commission.
History:
[(61-124) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2w, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1w, p. 154; reen. 1917, ch. 128, subd. w, p. 430; compiled and reen. C.L. 106:24; C.S., sec. 2391; I.C.A., sec. 59-124.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-125 - WATER CORPORATION.

61-125. WATER CORPORATION. The term "water corporation" when used in this act includes every corporation or person, their lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees, appointed by any court whatsoever, owning, controlling, operating or managing any water system for compensation within this state.
History:
[(61-125) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2x, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1x, p. 154; reen. 1917, ch. 128, subd. x, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:25; C.S., sec. 2392; I.C.A., sec. 59-125.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-129 - PUBLIC UTILITY.

61-129. PUBLIC UTILITY. The term "public utility" when used in this act includes every common carrier, pipeline corporation, gas corporation, electrical corporation, telephone corporation and water corporation, as those terms are defined in this chapter and each thereof is hereby declared to be a public utility and to be subject to the jurisdiction, control and regulation of the commission and to the provisions of this act. The term "public utility" as used in this act shall cover cases:
(1) Where the service is performed and the commodity delivered directly to the public or some portion thereof, and where the service is performed or the commodity delivered to any corporation or corporations, or any person or persons, who in turn, either directly or indirectly or mediately or immediately, performs the services or delivers such commodity to or for the public or some portion thereof; and
(2) Where a pipeline corporation delivers the commodity to any corporation, person, their lessees, receivers or trustees regardless of whether it offers the pipeline service or commodity to the public or some portion thereof. Such pipeline shall be subject to the safety supervision and regulation of the commission only, unless and until such pipeline corporation makes application to the commission to be regulated generally as a public utility.
History:
[(61-129) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 2bb, p. 248; am. 1915, ch. 62, sec. 1bb, p. 555; am. 1917, ch. 128, subd. bb, p. 430; reen. C.L. 106:29; C.S., sec. 2396; I.C.A., sec. 59-129; am. 1967, ch. 6, sec. 1, p. 9; am. 1982, ch. 5, sec. 2, p. 8; am. 2010, ch. 167, sec. 3, p. 344; am. 2012, ch. 72, sec. 2, p. 208; am. 2014, ch. 108, sec. 2, p. 315.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 1 - PUBLIC UTILITIES LAW — APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS › Section 61-130 - REFERENCE TO OTHER STATUTES AND LAWS.

61-130. REFERENCE TO OTHER STATUTES AND LAWS. Wherever the words "public utilities commission of the state of Idaho," or the words "public utilities commission" or "commission," are used in the existing laws or statutes of the state of Idaho, or in any laws enacted at the thirty-first session of the legislature of the state of Idaho, with respect to the administration of the public utilities law and refer to and mean the public utilities commission of the state of Idaho, said words shall be read and construed to mean the Idaho public utilities commission created by this act.
History:
[61-130, added 1951, ch. 100, sec. 4, p. 225.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-201 - CREATION — APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION — FILLING OF VACANCIES.

61-201. CREATION — APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS OF THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION — FILLING OF VACANCIES. There is hereby created a state commission to be known and designated as the Idaho public utilities commission. The commission shall be comprised of three (3) members appointed by the governor, with the approval of the senate. Not more than two (2) members of said commission shall belong to the same political party. The members of the first commission after taking effect of this act shall be appointed for terms beginning with the effective date of this act and expiring as follows: Two (2) commissioners for a term expiring the second Monday in January, 1953, and one (1) commissioner for a term expiring the second Monday in January, 1955. Each of the commissioners shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified. On the second Monday in January, 1961, the governor shall appoint one (1) commissioner for a four (4) year term and one (1) commissioner for a six (6) year term, and on the second Monday in January, 1963, the governor shall appoint one (1) commissioner for a six (6) year term. On the second Monday in January of each second year after the year of 1963, the governor shall appoint one (1) commissioner for a six (6) year term. Whenever a vacancy in the office of commissioner shall occur, the governor shall forthwith appoint a qualified person to fill the same for the unexpired term. If any appointment is made during the recess of the legislature it shall be subject to confirmation by the senate during its next ensuing session.
History:
[(61-201) 1913, ch. 61, parts of sec.sec. 3a, 3b, p. 248; compiled and reen. C.L. 106:30; C.S., sec. 2397; I.C.A., sec. 59-201; am. 1951, ch. 100, sec. 2, p. 225; am. 1959, ch. 192, sec. 1, p. 423.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-202 - REMOVAL OF COMMISSIONERS.

61-202. REMOVAL OF COMMISSIONERS. The governor may remove any one or more of said commissioners from office for dereliction of duty or corruption or incompetency upon filing with the secretary of the commission charges against such commissioner or commissioners, setting forth the grounds of such contemplated removal and giving an opportunity for such commissioner or commissioners to be heard in regard thereto.
History:
[(61-202) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 3b, last part, p. 248; compiled and reen. C.L. 106:31; C.S., sec. 2398; I.C.A., sec. 59-202.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-203 - PRESIDENT.

61-203. PRESIDENT. On the first Monday of April, 1981, and every two (2) years thereafter, the commissioners shall elect one (1) of their members to be president. Should the president be unable to fulfill his term because of death, resignation, absence, disability, removal from office or refusal to act, the commission shall elect one (1) of their members to be president for the remainder of the unexpired term.
History:
[(61-203) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 3a, last part, p. 248; compiled and reen. C.L. 106:32; C.S., sec. 2399; I.C.A., sec. 59-203; am. 1981, ch. 11, sec. 1, p. 20.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-204 - ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY OF COMMISSION.

61-204. ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTORNEY OF COMMISSION. It shall be the right and the duty of the attorney general to represent and appear for the people of the state of Idaho and the commission in all actions and proceedings involving any question under this act or under any order or act of the commission and, if directed to do so by the commission, to intervene, if possible, in any action or proceeding in which any such question is involved; to commence, prosecute, and expedite the final determination of all actions and proceedings directed or authorized by the commission; to advise the commission and each commissioner, when so requested, in regard to all matters connected with the powers and duties of the commission and the members thereof; and generally to perform all duties and service as attorney to the commission which the commission may require of him.
History:
[(61-204) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 4, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:33; C.S., sec. 2400; I.C.A., sec. 59-204.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-205 - SECRETARY — APPOINTMENT — DUTIES.

61-205. SECRETARY — APPOINTMENT — DUTIES. The commission shall appoint a secretary, who shall hold office during its pleasure. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a full and true record of all proceedings of the commission, to issue all necessary process, writs, warrants and notices, and to perform such other duties as the commission may prescribe.
History:
[(61-205) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 5, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:34; C.S., sec. 2401; I.C.A., sec. 59-205.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-206 - EMPLOYEES.

61-206. EMPLOYEES. (1) The commission shall have power to employ, during its pleasure, such officers, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks and employees as it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this act or to perform the duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon the commission.
(2) In addition to the number of nonclassified employees provided by other provisions of law, the commission shall have the authority to employ not more than three (3) nonclassified employees as regulatory policy strategists reporting directly to the commission and one (1) nonclassified pipeline safety specialist.
History:
[(61-206) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 6, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:35; C.S., sec. 2402; I.C.A., sec. 59-206; am. 1998, ch. 147, sec. 1, p. 517; am. 2001, ch. 108, sec. 1, p. 372.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-207 - COMMISSIONERS AND EMPLOYEES — OATH — QUALIFICATIONS — RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL ACTIVITY.

61-207. COMMISSIONERS AND EMPLOYEES — OATH — QUALIFICATIONS — RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL ACTIVITY. Each commissioner shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office and shall, together with each person appointed to a civil executive office by the commission, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe to an oath to the effect that he will support the Constitution of the United States and the state of Idaho, and faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office as required by law and that he is not interested directly or indirectly in any public utility embraced within the provisions of this act; or any of its stocks, bonds, mortgages, securities or earnings.
Each commissioner shall be a qualified elector of this state, and no person while in the employ of or holding any official relation to any corporation or person, which said corporation or person is subject in whole or in part to regulation by the commission, and no person owning stocks or bonds of any such corporation or who is in any manner pecuniarily interested therein shall be appointed to or hold the office of commissioner or be appointed or employed by the commission: provided, that if such person shall become the owner of such stocks or bonds or become pecuniarily interested in such corporation otherwise than voluntarily, he shall within a reasonable time divest himself of such ownership or interest; failing to do so, his office or employment shall become vacant.
No commissioner shall, directly or indirectly, while he is a member of said commission, take any part in politics by advocating or opposing the election, appointment or nomination of any person or persons to any office in the state of Idaho, excepting under officers in the commission, nor shall any commissioner seek appointment or election or nomination for any civil office in the state of Idaho, other than commissioner, while he is a member of said commission, nor shall any commissioner seek appointment, nomination or election to any civil office in the state of Idaho, other than that of commissioner, for a period of two (2) years from the date of the expiration of his term or after his resignation or removal from said office.
History:
[(61-207) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 7, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:36; C.S., sec. 2403; I.C.A., sec. 59-207.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-208 - OFFICE AND MEETINGS.

61-208. OFFICE AND MEETINGS. The office of the commission shall be in Ada county. The office shall always be open, legal holidays and nonjudicial days excepted. The commission shall hold its session at least once in each calendar month, and may also meet at such other times and in such other places as may be expedient and necessary for the proper performance of its duties. For the purpose of holding sessions in places other than the office of the commission, the commission shall have the power to rent quarters or offices, and the expense thereof and in connection therewith, shall be paid in the same manner as the other expenses authorized by this act. The sessions of the commission shall be public.
History:
[(61-208) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 8a, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:37; C.S., sec. 2404; I.C.A., sec. 59-208; am. 2001, ch. 183, sec. 26, p. 637.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-209 - SEAL.

61-209. SEAL. The commission shall have a seal bearing the following inscription: "Idaho public utilities commission." The seal shall be affixed to all writs and authentications of copies of records and to such other instruments as the commission shall direct. All courts shall take judicial notice of said seal.
History:
[(61-209) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 8b, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:38; C.S., sec. 2405; I.C.A., sec. 59-209; am. 1951, ch. 100, sec. 3, p. 225.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-210 - OFFICE EQUIPMENT.

61-210. OFFICE EQUIPMENT. The commission is authorized to procure all necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, instruments, office furniture, apparatus and appliances, and the same shall be paid for in the same manner as other expenses authorized by this act.
History:
[(61-210) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 8c, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:39; C.S., sec. 2406; I.C.A., sec. 59-210.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-211 - QUORUM — SINGLE COMMISSIONER OR HEARING EXAMINER MAY HOLD INVESTIGATION.

61-211. QUORUM — SINGLE COMMISSIONER OR HEARING EXAMINER MAY HOLD INVESTIGATION. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the commission. No single vacancy in the commission shall impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the powers of the commission. The act of the majority of the commissioners when in session as a board shall be deemed to be the act of the commission; but any investigation, inquiry or hearing which the commission has power to undertake or hold may be undertaken or held by or before any commissioner or hearing examiner designated for that purpose by the commission, and every finding, order or decision made by a commissioner or hearing examiner so designated, pursuant to such investigation, inquiry or hearing, when approved and confirmed by the commission and ordered filed in its office, shall be and be deemed to be the finding, order or decision of the commission. The commission may designate the hearing examiner to represent the commission in actions and proceedings in lieu of an attorney appointed by the attorney general under section 61-204, Idaho Code, as amended, in which event the attorney general will appoint only an attorney to represent the people of the state of Idaho.
History:
[(61-211) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 9, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:40; C.S., sec. 2407; I.C.A., sec. 59-211; am. 1965, ch. 125, sec. 1, p. 252.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-212 - COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES.

61-212. COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES. All officers, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks and employees of the commission shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the commission. The salary or compensation of every person holding office or employment under this act shall be paid on regular pay periods from the funds appropriated for the use of the commission after being approved by the commission, upon claims therefor to be duly audited by the proper authority.
History:
[(61-212) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 10a, p. 248; am. 1915, ch. 115, sec. 1, subd. a, p. 261; reen. C.L. 106:41; C.S., sec. 2408; am. 1923, ch. 99, sec. 1, p. 123; I.C.A., sec. 59-212; am. 1945, ch. 192, sec. 1, p. 300; am. 1967, ch. 400, sec. 1, p. 1206; am. 1969, ch. 409, sec. 1, p. 1134; am. 1973, ch. 277, sec. 1, p. 589; am. 1976, ch. 350, sec. 1, p. 1159; am. 1977, ch. 178, sec. 9, p. 463; am. 1978, ch. 305, sec. 1, p. 766.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-213 - EXPENSES — AUDIT AND PAYMENT.

61-213. EXPENSES — AUDIT AND PAYMENT. All expense incurred by the commission pursuant to the provisions of this act, including the actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements of the commissioners, their officers and employees, incurred while on business of the commission, shall be paid from the funds appropriated for the use of the commission, after being approved by the commission upon claims therefor to be audited as provided by law.
History:
[(61-213) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 10b, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 115, sec. 1, subd. b, p. 261; reen. C.L. 106:42; C.S., sec. 2409; I.C.A., sec. 59-213.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-214 - ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMISSION.

61-214. ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMISSION. The commission shall make and submit to the governor on or before the first day of December of each year, a report containing a full and complete account of its transactions, and proceedings for the preceding fiscal year, ending June thirtieth, together with such other facts, suggestions, and recommendations as it may deem of value to the people of the state.
History:
[(61-214) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 11, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:43; C.S., sec. 2410; I.C.A., sec. 59-214.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 2 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION › Section 61-215 - SALARIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS.

61-215. SALARIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS. Each member of the public utilities commission shall devote full time to the performance of his/her duties. Commencing on July 1, 2023, the annual salary of members of the public utilities commission shall be one hundred twenty-two thousand seven hundred forty-two dollars ($122,742) and shall be paid from sources set by the legislature.
History:
[61-215, added 1987, ch. 60, sec. 1, p. 108; am. 1990, ch. 115, sec. 1, p. 239; am. 1993, ch. 45, sec. 1, p. 117; am. 1998, ch. 358, sec. 2, p. 1121; am. 1999, ch. 18, sec. 1, p. 26; am. 2000, ch. 359, sec. 1, p. 1196; am. 2001, ch. 253, sec. 1, p. 918; am. 2004, ch. 281, sec. 1, p. 775; am. 2006, ch. 368, sec. 1, p. 1106; am. 2007, ch. 121, sec. 1, p. 370; am. 2008, ch. 285, sec. 1, p. 807; am. 2012, ch. 224, sec. 1, p. 610; am. 2014, ch. 316, sec. 1, p. 780; am. 2015, ch. 120, sec. 1, p. 305; am. 2016, ch. 247, sec. 1, p. 660; am. 2017, ch. 316, sec. 1, p. 831; am. 2018, ch. 174, sec. 3, p. 385; am. 2019, ch. 108, sec. 3, p. 365; am. 2020, ch. 119, sec. 3, p. 371; am. 2021, ch. 115, sec. 3, p. 358; am. 2022, ch. 243, sec. 1, p. 777; am. 2023, ch. 270, sec. 1, p. 812.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-301 - CHARGES JUST AND REASONABLE.

61-301. CHARGES JUST AND REASONABLE. All charges made, demanded or received by any public utility, or by any two (2) or more public utilities, for any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or any service rendered or to be rendered shall be just and reasonable. Every unjust or unreasonable charge made, demanded or received for such product or commodity or service is hereby prohibited and declared unlawful.
History:
[(61-301) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 12a, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:44; C.S., sec. 2411; I.C.A., sec. 59-301.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-302 - MAINTENANCE OF ADEQUATE SERVICE.

61-302. MAINTENANCE OF ADEQUATE SERVICE. Every public utility shall furnish, provide and maintain such service, instrumentalities, equipment and facilities as shall promote the safety, health, comfort and convenience of its patrons, employees and the public, and as shall be in all respects adequate, efficient, just and reasonable.
History:
[(61-302) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 12b, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:45; C.S., sec. 2412; I.C.A., sec. 59-302.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-303 - RULES AND REGULATIONS JUST AND REASONABLE.

61-303. RULES AND REGULATIONS JUST AND REASONABLE. All rules and regulations made by a public utility affecting or pertaining to its charges or service to the public shall be just and reasonable.
History:
[(61-303) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 12c, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:46; C.S., sec. 2413; I.C.A., sec. 59-303.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-305 - SCHEDULES OF OTHERS THAN COMMON CARRIERS.

61-305. SCHEDULES OF OTHERS THAN COMMON CARRIERS. Under such rules and regulations as the commission may prescribe, every public utility other than a common carrier shall file with the commission within such time and in such form as the commission may designate, and shall print and keep open to public inspection schedules showing all rates, tolls, rentals, charges and classifications collected or enforced, or to be collected or enforced, together with all rules, regulations, contracts, privileges and facilities which in any manner affect or relate to rates, tolls, rentals, classifications or service. The rates, tolls, rentals and charges shown on such schedules when filed by a public utility as to which the commission by this act acquires the power to fix any rates, tolls, rentals or charges, shall not within any portion of the territory as to which the commission acquires as to such public utility such power, exceed the rates, tolls, rentals or charges in effect on the second day of January, 1913, the rates, tolls, rentals and charges shown on such schedules when filed by any public utility as to any territory as to which the commission does not by this act acquire as to such public utility such power, shall not exceed the rates, tolls, rentals and charges in effect at the time the commission acquires as to such territory and as to such public utility, the power to fix rates, tolls, rentals or charges. Nothing in this section contained shall prevent the commission from approving or fixing the rates, tolls, rentals or charges, from time to time, in excess or less than those shown by said schedules.
History:
[(61-305) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 13b, p. 248; compiled and reen. C.L. 106:48; C.S., sec. 2415; I.C.A., sec. 59-305.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-306 - SCHEDULES — CHANGE IN FORM.

61-306. SCHEDULES — CHANGE IN FORM. The commission shall have the power, from time to time, in its discretion, to determine and prescribe by order such changes in the form of the schedules referred to in the two (2) preceding sections as it may find expedient, and to modify the requirements of any of its orders, rules or regulations in respect to any matter in this section referred to.
History:
[(61-306) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 13c, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:49; C.S., sec. 2416; I.C.A., sec. 59-306.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-307 - SCHEDULES — CHANGE IN RATE AND SERVICE.

61-307. SCHEDULES — CHANGE IN RATE AND SERVICE. Unless the commission otherwise orders, no change shall be made by any public utility in any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge or classification, or in any rule, regulation or contract relating to or affecting any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge, classification or service, or in any privilege or facility except after thirty (30) days’ notice to the commission and to the public as herein provided. Such notice shall be given by filing with the commission and keeping open for public inspection new schedules stating plainly the change or changes to be made in the schedule or schedules then in force, and the time when the change or changes will go into effect. The commission, for good cause shown, may allow changes without requiring the thirty (30) days’ notice herein provided for, by an order specifying the changes so to be made and the time when they shall take effect, and the manner in which they shall be filed and published. When any change is proposed in any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge or classification, or in any form of contract or agreement or in any rule, regulation or contract relating to or affecting any rate, fare, toll, rental, charge, classification or service, or in any privilege or facility, attention shall be directed to such change on the schedule filed with the commission by some character to be designated by the commission, immediately preceding or following the item.
History:
[(61-307) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 14, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:50; C.S., sec. 2417; I.C.A., sec. 59-307.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-308 - SCHEDULES — JOINT RATES.

61-308. SCHEDULES — JOINT RATES. The names of the several public utilities which are parties to any joint tariff, rate, fare, toll contract, classification or charge shall be specified in the schedule or schedules showing the same. Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, a schedule showing such joint tariff, rate, fare, toll, contract, classification or charge need be filed with the commission by only one (1) of the parties to it: provided, that there is also filed with the commission in such form as the commission may require a concurrence in such joint tariff rate, fare, toll, contract, classification or charge by each of the other parties thereto.
History:
[(61-308) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 15, p. 248; compiled and reen. C.L. 106:51; C.S., sec. 2418; I.C.A., sec. 59-308.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-309 - SCHEDULES — FILING BY COMMON CARRIERS A PRECEDENT TO DO BUSINESS.

61-309. SCHEDULES — FILING BY COMMON CARRIERS A PRECEDENT TO DO BUSINESS. No common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall engage or participate in the transportation of persons or property, between points within this state, until its schedules of rates, fares, charges and classifications shall have been filed and published in accordance with the provisions of this act.
History:
[(61-309) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 16a(1), p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 113, sec. 1, subd. 16a(1), p. 257; compiled and reen. C.L. 106:52; C.S., sec. 2419; I.C.A., sec. 59-309.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-310 - ONLY SCHEDULE RATES TO BE CHARGED.

61-310. ONLY SCHEDULE RATES TO BE CHARGED. No common carrier except as in this act otherwise provided shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for the transportation of persons or property, or for any service in connection therewith than the rates, fares and charges applicable to such transportation as specified in its schedules filed and in effect at the time; nor shall any such carrier refund or remit in any manner or by any device any portion of the rates, fares or charges so specified except upon order of the commission as hereinafter provided, nor extend to any corporation or person any privilege or facility in the transportation of passengers or property except such as are regularly and uniformly extended to all corporations and persons.
History:
[(61-310) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 16a(2), p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 113, sec. 1, subd. 16a(2), p. 258; reen. C.L. 106:53; C.S., sec. 2420; I.C.A., sec. 59-310.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-312 - PROPERTY HANDLED FREE — REDUCED RATES FOR DEPENDENTS.

61-312. PROPERTY HANDLED FREE — REDUCED RATES FOR DEPENDENTS. Nothing in this act shall prevent the carriage, storage or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, state, county or municipal governments, or for charitable purposes, or for relief in cases of general epidemic, pestilence or other calamitous visitation, or property to or from fairs and expositions for exhibition thereat, or the free carriage of destitute and homeless persons transported by charitable societies, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation, or the issuance of mileage, excursion or commutation passenger tickets; nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from giving reduced rates to ministers of religion, or to municipal governments for the transportation of indigent persons, or to inmates of the national homes or state homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and of soldiers’ and sailors’ orphan homes, including those about to enter and those returning home after discharge, under arrangements with the boards of managers of said homes, or to veterans of the civil war; nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent a common carrier from transporting, storing or handling free or at reduced rates the household goods and personal effects of its employees, or persons entering or leaving its service, and of persons killed or dying while in its service, or exchanging passes or tickets with other railroad companies for their officers and employees; nothing in this act shall prevent the issuance of joint interchangeable mileage tickets, with special privileges as to the amount of free baggage that may be carried under such mileage tickets: provided further, that passenger transportation may issue to the proprietors and employees of newspapers and magazines and the members of their immediate families, in exchange for advertising space in such newspapers or magazines at full rates, subject, however, to such reasonable restrictions as the commission may impose.
History:
[(61-312) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 16a(4), p. 248; am. 1915, ch. 113, sec. 1, subd. 16a(4), p. 259; reen. C.L. 106:57; C.S., sec. 2424; I.C.A., sec. 59-312.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-313 - SCHEDULE CHARGES ONLY PERMITTED.

61-313. SCHEDULE CHARGES ONLY PERMITTED. Except as in this act otherwise provided, no public utility shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or lesser or different compensation from any product or commodity furnished or to be furnished or for any service rendered or to be rendered than the rates, tolls, rentals and charges applicable to such product or commodity or service as specified in its schedules on file and in effect at the time, nor shall any such public utility refund or remit, directly or indirectly, in any manner or by any device, any portion of the rates, tolls, rentals and charges so specified nor extend to any corporation or person any form of contract or agreement or any rule or regulation of any facility or privilege except such as are specified in such schedules and as are regularly and uniformly extended to all corporations and persons: provided, that messages by telephone or cable, subject to the provisions of this act, may be classified by the utility into day, night, repeated, unrepeated, letter, commercial, press, government and such other classes of messages: provided further, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent telephone and cable companies from entering into contract with common carriers for the exchange of service at rates common to all common carriers of like class.
History:
[(61-313) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 16b, p. 248; reen. 1915, ch. 113, sec. 1, subd. 16b, p. 260; reen. C.L. 106:58; C.S., sec. 2425; I.C.A., sec. 59-313; am. 1984, ch. 106, sec. 1, p. 247; am. 2017, ch. 58, sec. 31, p. 126.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-314 - SCHEDULE OF RATES WITHIN AND WITHOUT STATE.

61-314. SCHEDULE OF RATES WITHIN AND WITHOUT STATE. Every common carrier and every telephone corporation shall print and file or cause to be filed with the commission, schedules showing all rates, fares, tolls, rentals, charges and classifications for the transportation of persons or property or the transmission of messages or conversations between all points within this state and all points without the state upon its route, and between all points within this state and all points without the state upon every route leased, operated or controlled by it, and between all points on its route or upon any route, leased, operated or controlled by it within this state and all points without the state upon the route of any other common carrier or telephone corporation whenever a through route and joint rate shall have been established between any two (2) such points.
History:
[(61-314) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 17, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:59; C.S., sec. 2426; I.C.A., sec. 59-314; am. 1984, ch. 106, sec. 2, p. 247.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-315 - DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENCE PROHIBITED.

61-315. DISCRIMINATION AND PREFERENCE PROHIBITED. No public utility shall, as to rates, charges, service, facilities or in any other respect, make or grant any preference or advantage to any corporation or person or subject any corporation or person to any prejudice or disadvantage. No public utility shall establish or maintain any unreasonable difference as to rates, charges, service, facilities or in any other respect, either as between localities or as between classes of service. The commission shall have the power to determine any question of fact arising under this section.
History:
[(61-315) 1913, ch. 61, sec. 18, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:60; C.S., sec. 2427; I.C.A., sec. 59-315.]
2023 Idaho Code › Title 61 - PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION › Chapter 3 - DUTIES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES › Section 61-315A - CERTAIN INVERTED RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL RATE STRUCTURES PROHIBITED — EXPIRATION.

61-315A. CERTAIN INVERTED RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL RATE STRUCTURES PROHIBITED — EXPIRATION. All inverted rate structures imposed on residential electric customers which have not been formally approved by the commission prior to July 1, 1981, are hereby prohibited effective July 1, 1982. The prohibition provided herein shall automatically expire July 1, 1984, unless extended by further action of the legislature.
History:
[61-315A, added 1982, ch. 370, sec. 1, p. 929.]