Each fiscal year, including the fiscal year of the enactment of this section, there is hereby appropriated from the State General Fund the sum of $250,000.00, which funds shall be immediately deposited into a Consumer's Utility Rate Hearing Fund in the State Treasury under the Office of the Attorney General, to be drawn upon by the Attorney General for purposes of hiring attorneys, staff personnel, and expert witnesses to present the case for the consumer in utility rate increase hearings and all appeals arising therefrom. At the end of each fiscal year, any surplus remaining in the Consumer's Utility Rate Hearing Fund shall forthwith be transferred to the State General Fund.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.
Article 1 - Organization and Personnel.
Section 37-1-1 - Commission Established.
Section 37-1-3 - Election or Appointment of Commissioners; Terms of Office; Filling of Vacancies.
Section 37-1-5 - Commissioners and Clerks Not to Render Professional Service to Utilities.
Section 37-1-6 - Certain Persons Ineligible to Be Commissioners.
Section 37-1-7 - Impeachment and Removal of Commissioners.
Section 37-1-8 - Office; Meetings; Record of Proceedings.
Section 37-1-9 - Residency of Commissioners; Full Time Devoted to Official Business.
Section 37-1-10 - Domicile of Commission; Jurisdiction of Actions or Proceedings Against Commission.
Section 37-1-11 - Salaries and Expense Allowances of Commissioners.
Section 37-1-12 - Employees - Appointment or Employment; Salaries; Special Counsel.
Section 37-1-12.1 - Employees - Accountant, Utility Rates Analyst, Economist, Etc.
Section 37-1-12.2 - Employees - Stenographic and Other Clerical Assistants; Special Investigators.
Section 37-1-13 - Employees - Penalty for Divulging Certain Information.
Section 37-1-14 - Bond of Supervisor of Accounts.
Section 37-1-15 - Free Tickets, Free Passes or Free Transportation.