61-601. PRACTICE — EVIDENCE. All hearings and investigations before the commission or any commissioner shall be governed by this act and by rules of practice and procedure to be adopted by the commission, and in the conduct thereof neither the commission nor any commissioner shall be bound by the technical rules of evidence. History: [(61-601) […]
61-602. PROCESS. The commission and each commissioner shall have power to issue writs of summons and subpoenas, warrants of attachment in the like manner and to the same extent as courts of record. The process issued by the commission or any commissioner shall extend to all parts of the state and may be served by […]
61-603. WITNESSES — ATTENDANCE — FEES — MILEAGE. The commission and each commissioner shall have power to administer oaths, certify to all official acts, and to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, waybills, books, accounts, documents and testimony in any inquiry, investigation, hearing or proceeding in any part of […]
61-604. WITNESSES — DISTRICT COURT MAY COMPEL ATTENDANCE — PROCEDURE. The district court in and for the county, or city and county in which any inquiry, investigation, hearing or proceeding may be held by commission or any commissioner shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses, the giving of testimony and the production […]
61-605. DEPOSITIONS. The commission or any commissioner or any party may in any investigation or hearing before the commission, cause the deposition of witnesses residing within or without the state to be taken in the manner prescribed by law for like depositions in civil actions in the district courts of this state and to that […]
61-606. NO PRIVILEGE TO WITNESSES — IMMUNITY FROM SELF-INCRIMINATING TESTIMONY. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any book, waybill, document, paper or account in any investigation or inquiry by or hearing before the commission or any commissioner, when ordered to do so, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, book, […]
61-607. CERTIFIED COPIES OF DOCUMENTS AS EVIDENCE. Copies of official documents and orders filed or deposited according to law in the office of the commission, certified by a commissioner or by the secretary under the official seal of the commission to be true copies of the original shall be evidence in like manner as the […]
61-608. RECORDING OF ORDERS, AUTHORIZATIONS AND CERTIFICATES. Every order, authorization or certificate issued or approved by the commission under any provision of sections 61-510 to 61-514, and 61-526 to 61-529, Idaho Code, shall be in writing and entered on the records of the commission. Any such order, authorization or certificate, or a copy thereof, or […]
61-609. FEES. The commission shall charge and collect reasonable fees for copies of papers and records as established by rule or general order of the commission. No fees shall be charged or collected for copies of papers, records or official documents, furnished to the public officers for use in their official capacity, or for the […]
61-610. RIGHT TO INSPECT BOOKS AND EXAMINE EMPLOYEES. (1) The commission, each commissioner and each person employed by the commission shall have the right at any and all reasonable times to inspect the accounts, books, papers and documents of any public utility. The commission shall also have the right to inspect the records of a […]
61-611. PRODUCTION OF BOOKS WITHOUT STATE. The commission may require, by order served on any 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 public utility in any […]
61-612. COMPLAINT AGAINST UTILITY. Complaint may be made by the commission of its own motion or by any corporation or person, chamber of commerce, board of trade, or any civic, commercial, mercantile, traffic, agricultural or manufacturing association or organization or any body politic or municipal corporation, by petition or complaint in writing, setting forth any […]
61-613. COMPLAINT AGAINST UTILITY — JOINDER. All matters upon which complaint may be founded may be joined in one (1) hearing, no motion shall be entertained against a complaint for misjoinder of causes of action or grievances or misjoinder or nonjoinder of parties; and in any review by the courts of orders or decisions of […]
61-614. COMPLAINT AGAINST UTILITY — NO DISMISSAL. The commission shall not be required to dismiss any complaint because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant. History: [(61-614) 1913, ch. 61, part of sec. 56, p. 248; reen. C.L. 106:123; C.S., sec. 2491; I.C.A., sec. 59-614.]
61-615. COMPLAINT AGAINST UTILITY — SERVICE OF COPY OF COMPLAINT. Upon the filing of a complaint, the commission shall cause a copy thereof to be served upon the corporation, or person complained of. Service in all hearings, investigation and proceedings pending before the commission may be made upon any person upon whom a summons may […]
61-616. COMPLAINT AGAINST UTILITY — TIME AND PLACE OF HEARING. The commission shall fix the time when and place where a hearing will be had upon the complaint and shall serve notice thereof, not less than twenty (20) days before the time set for such hearing, unless the commission shall find that public necessity requires […]
61-617. HEARING — PROCESS FOR ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES. At the time fixed for any hearing before the commission or a commissioner, or the time to which the same may have been continued, the complainant and the corporation or person complained of, and such corporations or persons as the commission may allow to intervene, shall be […]
61-617A. AWARD OF COSTS OF INTERVENTION. (1) It is hereby declared the policy of this state to encourage participation at all stages of all proceedings before the commission so that all affected customers receive full and fair representation in those proceedings. (2) The commission may order any regulated electric, gas, water or telephone utility with […]
61-618. DECISION — SERVICE OF ORDER — TIME EFFECTIVE — EXTENSION OF TIME. After the conclusion of the hearing, the commission shall make and file its order, containing its decision. A copy of such order, certified under the seal of the commission, shall be served upon the corporation or person complained of, or its or […]
61-619. RECORD. A full and complete record of all proceedings had before the commission or any commissioner on any formal hearing had, and all testimony shall be taken down by a reporter appointed by the commission, and the parties shall be entitled to be heard in person or by attorney. History: [(61-619) 1913, ch. 61, […]
