2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 756 - Public Utility Commission
Section 756.549 - Self-incrimination of witnesses in commission proceedings.


(a) The person has been directed by the commission to testify or produce evidence under oath;
(b) The person claims, at the time the person is directed by the commission to testify or produce evidence, that the testimony or evidence required of the person may tend to incriminate the person or subject the person to prosecution, penalty or forfeiture; and
(c) The commission specifically grants the person immunity from prosecution, penalty or forfeiture regarding those matters about which the person testifies or produces evidence as directed.
(2) Except for prosecution and punishment for perjury, no person who testifies or produces evidence in accordance with subsection (1) of this section shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture concerning any matter about which the person so testified or produced evidence. [1971 c.655 §47]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

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 756.032 - Employee dismissal for retention of prohibited interests or failure to file statements.

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 756.062 - Substantial compliance with laws adequate for commission activities; construction of laws generally.

Section 756.075 - Right of entry for examination of equipment, records or employees; use of findings.

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 756.200 - Effect of utility laws on common law and other statutory rights of action, duties and liabilities.

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 756.515 - Investigations and hearings on commission’s own motion; hearings for aggrieved persons.

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.

Section 756.610 - Judicial review.

Section 756.990 - Penalties.