216A.01 DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION; POWERS AND DUTIES. The Department of Commerce shall have and possess all of the rights and powers and perform all of the duties vested in it by this chapter. The Public Utilities Commission shall have and possess all of the rights and powers and perform all of the duties vested in […]
216A.02 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Legislative function. “Legislative function” means the establishment and promulgation of all rules, orders and directives of general or particular applicability, governing the conduct of the regulated persons or businesses, together with […]
216A.03 PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. Subdivision 1. Members. The Public Utilities Commission shall consist of five members. The terms of members shall be six years and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. Each commissioner shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Not more than three […]
216A.035 CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) No person, while a member of the Public Utilities Commission, while acting as executive secretary of the commission, or while employed in a professional capacity by the commission, shall receive any income, other than dividends or other earnings from a mutual fund or trust if these earnings do not constitute […]
216A.036 EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A person who serves as (1) a commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission, (2) commissioner of commerce, or (3) deputy commissioner of commerce, shall not, while employed with or within one year after leaving the commission or department, accept employment with, receive compensation directly or indirectly from, or enter […]
216A.037 EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS; CODE OF CONDUCT; RULES. Subdivision 1. Ex parte communications prohibitions; rules. (a) The commission shall adopt rules under chapter 14 prescribing permissible and impermissible ex parte communications. The ex parte rules may prohibit only ex parte communications, directly or indirectly, between a commissioner and a participant or party under the commission’s […]
216A.04 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY; COMMISSION EMPLOYEES. Subdivision 1. Selection of executive secretary. The commission shall appoint an executive secretary, not a member, who shall be in the unclassified service of the state and shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive secretary shall take, subscribe, and file an oath similar to that required of […]
216A.05 COMMISSION FUNCTIONS AND POWERS. Subdivision 1. Legislative and quasi-judicial functions. The functions of the commission shall be legislative and quasi-judicial in nature. It may make such investigations and determinations, hold such hearings, prescribe such rules, and issue such orders with respect to the control and conduct of the businesses coming within its jurisdiction as […]
216A.07 COMMISSIONER POWERS AND DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Commissioner duties. The commissioner of commerce has all the rights and powers and shall perform all the duties set forth in this chapter. The commissioner may: (1) prepare all forms or blanks for the purpose of obtaining information which the commissioner may deem necessary or useful in the […]
216A.08 CONTINUATION OF RULES OF PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT. All valid rules, orders, and directives heretofore enforced, issued, or promulgated by the Public Service Department under authority of chapter 216, 216A, 216B, 216C, 218, 219, 221, 222, 237, 238, or 239 shall remain and continue in force and effect until repealed, modified, or superseded by duly […]
216A.09 ACTIONS. The commission may sue or be sued in its own name. History: 1967 c 864 s 9
216A.095 COOPERATION BETWEEN DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION. Nothing in this chapter prevents the department or the commission from entering into agreements with each other or with other agencies to coordinate and share services, to conduct joint projects or investigations on matters within the authority and jurisdiction of the parties thereto, or to temporarily assign staff to […]
