Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.

Section 37-4-2.1 - Regulation of Certain Private Water System Utilities in Class 8 Municipalities. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any private water system...

Section 37-4-3 - Officers and Directors Occupy Fiduciary Relationship. - The officers and directors of every corporation operating as a...

Section 37-4-4 - Directors Not to Delegate or Relinquish Duties. - The directors of corporations which are utilities engaged in any...

Section 37-4-5 - Sale or Purchase of Securities by Utility Employees. - No utility shall permit any employee to sell, offer for...

Section 37-4-6 - Payment of Dividends. - (a) No utility engaged in intrastate business in this state...

Section 37-4-7 - Application to Issue Securities or Assume Obligations - When Required; Order of Commission. - No utility shall issue any securities, or assume any obligation...

Section 37-4-8 - Application to Issue Securities or Assume Obligations - Form; Contents; Oath; Signatures; by Whom Filed. - Every application for authority for such issue or assumption shall...

Section 37-4-9 - Application to Issue Securities or Assume Obligations - Time for Disposition by Commission. - All applications for the issuance of securities or assumption of...

Section 37-4-10 - Application to Issue Securities or Assume Obligations - Grant or Denial; Modifications; Supplemental Orders. - The commission, by its order, may grant or deny the...

Section 37-4-11 - Sale, Pledge or Other Disposition of Securities. - Whenever any securities set forth and described in any such...

Section 37-4-12 - Guarantee or Obligation on Part of State Not to Be Implied. - Nothing in this article shall be construed to imply any...

Section 37-4-13 - Provisions of Article Not Applicable to Certain Notes. - The provisions of Sections 37-4-7 through 37-4-12 shall not apply...

Section 37-4-14 - Receiver's Certificate or Debentures. - Nothing contained in this chapter shall limit the power of...

Section 37-4-15 - Reports by Utility. - The commission shall require periodical or special reports from each...

Section 37-4-16 - Validity of Securities Issued Without Authorization; Penalty for Violation. - Securities issued and obligations and liabilities assumed by a utility,...

Section 37-4-17 - Valuation of Utility Property - When Made; Assistants and Examiners; Factors Considered. - The commission may, upon its own motion, at any time,...

Section 37-4-18 - Valuation of Utility Property - Notice; Filing of Protest; Finality. - Whenever the commission shall have completed its valuation and report...

Section 37-4-19 - Valuation of Utility Property - Hearing Upon Protest; Corrections; Final Order. - If notice of protest is filed, the commission shall fix...

Section 37-4-20 - Valuation of Utility Property - Revaluation. - (a) If the valuation of the property of any utility...

Section 37-4-21 - Valuation of Utility Property - Appeals. - When any order of valuation or of revaluation of the...

Section 37-4-22 - Contract Rates. - (a) Rates and service regulations may be established by contract...

Section 37-4-23 - Inspection and Supervision Fees - Generally. - Each utility, as defined in this chapter, doing business in...

Section 37-4-24 - Inspection and Supervision Fees - Recovery of Delinquent Fees. - (a) Supervision and inspection fees provided for in this chapter...

Section 37-4-25 - Intercorporate Relations - Treatment of Utility as Part of General System. - For all the purposes of this chapter the commission may,...

Section 37-4-26 - Intercorporate Relations - Agreements With Holding Companies or Affiliated Interests. - Every utility engaged in any intrastate business in this state...

Section 37-4-27 - Special or Reduced Rates. - All utilities may grant free transportation or service, or transportation...

Section 37-4-28 - Certificate of Convenience and Necessity - When Required; Application; Issuance. - No plant, property or facility for the production, transmission, delivery...

Section 37-4-29 - Certificate of Convenience and Necessity - Time for Exercising Authority Conferred. - Unless exercised within a period designated by the commission, but...

Section 37-4-30 - Obtaining Electric Service Under a Private Contract; Definitions. - (a) No existing electric customer shall obtain electric service under...

Article 2 - Property and Franchises.

Division 1 - Sale of Lease in General

Section 37-4-40 - Right to Sell or Lease Property. - The property of a utility, together with its franchises, contracts,...

Section 37-4-41 - Approval by Commission - Generally. - In cases other than those covered by Section 37-4-42, the...

Section 37-4-42 - Approval by Commission - Property Located Within Single Municipality. - In cases where the property of the utility proposed to...

Section 37-4-43 - Otherwise Legal Sales, etc., Not Affected. - Nothing in this division shall be construed to limit or...

Section 37-4-44 - Sale of Property in Interstate Commerce Contrary to Federal Law Not Authorized. - Nothing contained in this division shall be construed to authorize...

Section 37-4-45 - Conveyance of Water Distribution Facilities to Public Authority or Corporation by Not-for-Profit Entity Without Necessity of Commission Approval. - Any provision of this division to the contrary notwithstanding, any...

Division 2 - Purchase by Municipality or Governmental Agency.

Section 37-4-60 - Notice of Intention to Engage in Business. - Whenever any municipal corporation, county improvement authority, power district, federal...

Section 37-4-61 - Voluntary Sales. - If within 30 days after receipt of such notice the...

Section 37-4-62 - Forced Sales - Application to Commission; Notice and Hearing; Order. - If acquisition of the property sought to be acquired by...

Section 37-4-63 - Forced Sales - Appeals to Circuit Court. - Any party shall have the right to appeal from the...

Section 37-4-64 - Forced Sales - Time for Complying With Order; Tender of Deed; Acceptance or Rejection. - The owner shall have 30 days after a final determination...

Section 37-4-65 - Certain Systems or Projects Exempted. - Nothing in this division shall be deemed to require the...

Article 3 - Gas Pipeline Systems.

Section 37-4-80 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following words and...

Section 37-4-81 - Compliance With Federal Minimum Safety Standards. - All pipeline systems used in this state for the transportation...

Section 37-4-82 - Powers of Commission - Generally. - The commission shall have the right, power and authority: To...

Section 37-4-83 - Powers of Commission - Promulgation of Rules; Requiring Records; Inspections. - In order to determine whether or not each such pipeline...

Section 37-4-84 - Powers of Commission - Employment of Personnel. - The Alabama Public Service Commission shall be authorized to employ,...

Section 37-4-85 - Powers of Commission - Limitations. - Nothing in this article shall be deemed to confer upon...

Section 37-4-86 - Jurisdiction of Circuit Court. - Upon petition of the commission, the circuit court in any...

Section 37-4-87 - Penalties. - (a) Any person who violates any provision of this article...

Section 37-4-88 - Safety Inspection Fees. - (a) Any gas system operated by any investor-owned company, city,...

Article 3A - Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Facilities.

Section 37-4-90 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article the following words and...

Section 37-4-91 - Operation and Maintenance. - All facilities used in this state for the transportation of...

Section 37-4-92 - Commission - Power and Authority. - The commission shall have the right, power and authority: to...

Section 37-4-93 - Commission - Power to Promulgate Rules and Regulations. - In order to determine whether or not each such pipeline...

Section 37-4-94 - Jurisdiction to Restrain Violations of Article. - Upon petition of the commission, the circuit court in any...

Section 37-4-95 - Authorization to Employ Inspectors and Other Qualified Employees. - The Alabama Public Service Commission shall be authorized to employ,...

Section 37-4-96 - Penalties. - (a) Any person who violates any provision of this article...

Section 37-4-97 - Limitation on Commission's Powers. - Nothing in this article shall be deemed to confer upon...

Article 4 - Radio Utilities.

Section 37-4-100 - Short Title. - This article shall be known, and may be cited, as...

Section 37-4-101 - Definitions. - The following words, when used in this article, shall have...

Section 37-4-102 - When Certificate Required; Rules Governing Issuance; Form of Application. - No person shall begin or continue the construction or operation...

Section 37-4-103 - Hearing Upon Application for Certificate; Notice; Issuance of Certificate; Factors Considered in Determining Whether to Issue Certificate. - (a) Upon the filing of an application for such certificate,...

Section 37-4-104 - Continuation of Facilities Existing Prior to September 28, 1971. - Any person who, on September 28, 1971, either is engaged...

Section 37-4-105 - Transfer, Assignment or Encumbrance of Certificate. - No such certificate of public convenience and necessity may be...

Section 37-4-106 - Merger or Consolidation. - No radio utility shall combine, merge or consolidate with, or...

Section 37-4-107 - Revocation, Suspension or Alteration of Certificate. - The commission may, after affording the holder an opportunity to...

Section 37-4-108 - Powers and Duties of Commission Generally. - (a) The commission shall have the power and jurisdiction to...

Section 37-4-109 - Rates, Charges and Classifications for Services. - The commission shall prescribe just and reasonable rates, charges and...

Section 37-4-110 - Entry or Extension Into Established Service Area. - Except as provided in Section 37-4-104, the commission shall not...

Section 37-4-111 - Article Not Applicable to Certain Mobile Radio Telephone Service. - The provisions of this article relate only to "radio utilities"...

Section 37-4-112 - Interconnection With Other Communications. - Each radio utility holding a certificate from the commission may...

Section 37-4-113 - Construction and Maintenance of Antennas and Towers; Right of Eminent Domain. - Any radio utility operating a radio system under authority of...

Section 37-4-114 - Appeals. - From any final action or order of the commission in...

Section 37-4-115 - Violations; Injunctions Against Persons Operating Without License or Certificate. - (a) Any person or the officer, agent or employee of...

Section 37-4-116 - Fees for Inspection and Supervision; Payment. - (a) Each radio utility, as defined in this article, doing...

Section 37-4-117 - Treatment of Utility as Part of General System. - For all the purposes of this article, the commission may,...

Article 5 - Condemnation by Electric Utilities.

Section 37-4-130 - Right to Condemn. - Every electric public utility corporation organized under the laws of...

Section 37-4-131 - Procedure for Condemnation. - The procedure for condemnation under Section 37-4-130 shall be in...

Article 6 - Distributed Generation Facilities.

Section 37-4-140 - Purchase of Electricity. - (a) For purposes of this section only, the following terms...

Article 7 - Energy Security Act of 2015.

Section 37-4-150 - Electric Transmission Facilities. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...

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Code of Alabama Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation. Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.

Code of Alabama
Title 37 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation.
Chapter 4 - Public Utilities Other Than Transportation Companies or Motor Vehicle Carriers.