(a) Before proceeding to make such investigation, the commission shall give the utility and the complainant at least 10 days' notice of the time and place when and where such matters will be considered and determined, and all parties shall be entitled to be heard, through themselves or their counsel, and shall have process to enforce the attendance of witnesses.
(b) Whenever the commission shall make any order or determination, or issue any subpoena, notice or writ, notice thereof may be served on the person affected thereby by delivering a copy of such order, subpoena, notice or writ, signed by or in the name of the chairman of the commission, to any such person or an officer or agent of such person, if a corporation, as in the case of civil process, which service may be executed by any member of the commission, the secretary or any employee thereof, or by any sheriff of the state, and a copy of such order, subpoena, notice or writ, with the service endorsed thereon, must be returned to the commission and entered of record as a part of the proceedings, and such endorsement and return shall be prima facie evidence that such order, subpoena, notice or writ has been duly served.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission.
Article 2 - Powers and Duties Generally.
Division 2 - Rates and Other Regulations.
Section 37-1-81 - Schedules of Rates or Service Regulations.
Section 37-1-82 - Production and Inspection of Books or Records, etc., of Utilities.
Section 37-1-84 - Filing and Contents of Complaint.
Section 37-1-85 - Time and Place of Hearing.
Section 37-1-86 - Notice and Process.
Section 37-1-87 - Intervention in Proceedings Before Commission.
Section 37-1-88 - Right of Party to Be Heard in Person or by Attorney.
Section 37-1-90 - Separate Hearings on Several Matters.
Section 37-1-92 - Depositions of Witnesses.
Section 37-1-93 - Fees of Witnesses.
Section 37-1-94 - Time Allowed Commission for Making Decision.
Section 37-1-95 - Order Requiring Discontinuance or Rectification of Violation.
Section 37-1-96 - Necessity for Hearing Prior to Order Affecting Rate or Service.
Section 37-1-97 - Order Fixing Reasonable Rate.
Section 37-1-98 - Certified Copies of Orders.
Section 37-1-99 - Rates and Orders of Commission Deemed Prima Facie Reasonable and Valid.
Section 37-1-100 - Effective Date of Orders.
Section 37-1-101 - Modification of Orders.
Section 37-1-102 - Record of Proceedings.
Section 37-1-103 - Substantial Compliance by Commission With Requirements of Title Sufficient.
Section 37-1-104 - Power of Circuit Court to Compel Compliance With Commission Orders, Etc.