(2) The commission shall have a seal with the words "Public Utility Commission of Oregon" and such other design as the commission may prescribe engraved thereon, by which the proceedings of the commission shall be authenticated and of which the courts shall take judicial notice.
(3) Any investigation, inquiry or hearing which the commission has power to undertake or to hold may be undertaken or held by or before any commissioner designated by order of the commission. Except as provided in ORS 756.055, all investigations, inquiries and hearings so held shall be conducted as though by the full commission with such commissioner empowered to exercise all the powers of the commission with respect thereto. [1985 c.834 §§3,4,5]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 19 - Utilities, Vehicle Code, Watercraft, Aviation
Chapter 756 - Public Utility Commission
Section 756.010 - Definitions.
Section 756.014 - Public Utility Commission; appointment; confirmation; term; removal.
Section 756.016 - Quorum; seal; individual commissioner authorized to act for commission.
Section 756.026 - Prohibited interests of commissioner and family.
Section 756.036 - Duties and functions.
Section 756.040 - General powers.
Section 756.047 - Authority of commission to require fingerprints.
Section 756.050 - Office, office supplies and sessions of commission.
Section 756.055 - Delegation of authority.
Section 756.090 - Maintaining and producing records; expenses of examining out-of-state records.
Section 756.105 - Duty to furnish information to commission.
Section 756.115 - Failure to furnish requested information.
Section 756.160 - Enforcement of statutes and ordinances relating to utilities.
Section 756.180 - Enforcing utility laws.
Section 756.185 - Right to recover for wrongs and omissions; treble damages.
Section 756.305 - Public Utility Commission Account.
Section 756.310 - Annual fees payable by utilities and telecommunications providers.
Section 756.325 - Distribution of information filed with commission; fees; rules.
Section 756.360 - Disposal and use of fees and penalties collected.
Section 756.500 - Complaint; persons entitled to file; contents; amendments.
Section 756.512 - Notice of complaint to defendant; responsive pleadings; setting cause for hearing.
Section 756.518 - Procedures applicable to all matters before commission; oral hearing; rules.
Section 756.525 - Parties to proceedings.
Section 756.538 - Taking and use of depositions; rules.
Section 756.543 - Issuance of subpoenas; failure to comply.
Section 756.549 - Self-incrimination of witnesses in commission proceedings.
Section 756.558 - Taking of evidence; findings; issuance of orders; providing copies of orders.
Section 756.561 - Rehearing; reconsideration.
Section 756.572 - Effect of orders on successors in interest.