Section 216B.57 — Penalty For Violation Of Act.
216B.57 PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ACT. Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates any provision of Laws 1974, chapter 429, or who knowingly and intentionally fails, omits, or neglects to obey, observe, or comply with any lawful order, or any part or provision thereof, of the commission is subject to a penalty of not less […]
Section 216B.58 — Penalties; Construing Act, Omission, And Failure.
216B.58 PENALTIES; CONSTRUING ACT, OMISSION, AND FAILURE. In construing and enforcing the provision of Laws 1974, chapter 429 relating to penalties, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or employee of any person acting within the scope of official duties of employment shall in every case be deemed to be also the act, […]
Section 216B.59 — Continuing Violation.
216B.59 CONTINUING VIOLATION. Every violation of the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 429 or of any lawful order of the commission, or any part or portion thereof by any person, is a separate and distinct offense, and in case of a continuing violation after a first conviction thereof each day’s continuance thereof shall be deemed […]
Section 216B.49 — Securities; Public Financing.
216B.49 SECURITIES; PUBLIC FINANCING. Subdivision 1. Definition of security. For the purpose of this section, “security” means any note; stock; treasury stock; bond; debenture; evidence of indebtedness; assumption of any obligation or liability as a guarantor, endorser, surety, or otherwise in the security of another person; certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement; […]
Section 216B.50 — Restrictions On Property Transfer And Merger.
216B.50 RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTY TRANSFER AND MERGER. Subdivision 1. Commission approval required. No public utility shall sell, acquire, lease, or rent any plant as an operating unit or system in this state for a total consideration in excess of $100,000, or merge or consolidate with another public utility or transmission company operating in this state, […]
Section 216B.51 — Stock Purchase.
216B.51 STOCK PURCHASE. Subdivision 1. Stock of another utility. No public utility shall purchase voting stock in another public utility doing business in Minnesota without first having made application to and received the consent of the commission in writing or by order. Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1978 c 795 s 10] Subd. 3. Exempt from other […]
Section 216B.52 — Appeal.
216B.52 APPEAL. Subdivision 1. Appeal under Administrative Procedure Act. Any party to a proceeding before the commission or any other person, aggrieved by a decision and order and directly affected by it, may appeal from the decision and order of the commission in accordance with chapter 14. Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1983 c 247 s 219] […]
Section 216B.53 — Suspension Of Commission Order.
216B.53 SUSPENSION OF COMMISSION ORDER. The pendency of proceedings on appeal shall not of itself stay or suspend the operation of the order of the commission unless the commission so orders, but during the pendency of the proceedings the court in its discretion may stay or suspend, in whole or in part, the operation of […]
Section 216B.54 — Legal Action Against Violation.
216B.54 LEGAL ACTION AGAINST VIOLATION. Whenever the commission or department shall be of the opinion that any person or public utility is failing or omitting or is about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by Laws 1974, chapter 429 or by any order of the commission, or is doing anything or […]
Section 216B.56 — Burden Of Proof.
216B.56 BURDEN OF PROOF. In all proceedings before the commission in which the modification or vacation of any order of the commission is sought, the burden of proof shall be on the person seeking such modification or vacation. History: 1974 c 429 s 56