Sec. 3.
The salary of the chairman of the commission and of each of the other members and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the legislature. The commission may appoint a secretary and the deputies, clerks, assistants, inspectors, heads of divisions, and employees necessary for the proper exercise of the powers and duties of the commission. All salaries and other expenses incurred by the commission shall be paid out of funds appropriated by the legislature. All fees and other moneys received by the commission shall be paid over at the end of each month to the state treasurer, taking a receipt therefor. The commission may employ engineers and experts in public utilities and public service matters and fix their compensation for services, which may be paid out of the appropriation provided by the legislature. The engineers, inspectors, and employees shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the work of the commission pursuant to the schedule established by the legislature. Each deputy, clerk, assistant, engineer, inspector, or expert shall perform the duties required by the commission. Each member of the commission shall devote his entire time to the performance of the duties of his office.
History: 1939, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 15, 1939 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 337, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 460.3 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 229, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 208, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1957 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 162, Imd. Eff. July 16, 1959 ;-- Am. 1961, Act 74, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 81, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1975
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 460 - Public Utilities
Act 3 of 1939 - Michigan Public Service Commission (460.1 - 460.11)
Section 460.2 - Public Service Commission; Oath, Chairman, Removal, Quorum, Seal, Offices.
Section 460.5 - Public Service Commission; Books, Records, Files.
Section 460.5a - Annual Report.
Section 460.6c - Repealed. 2016, Act 341, Eff. Apr. 20, 2017.
Section 460.6e - Repealed. 2016, Act 341, Eff. Apr. 20, 2017.
Section 460.6f - Repealed. 1984, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984.
Section 460.6p - Rates Subject to Electric Transmission Line Certification Act.
Section 460.6t - Integrated Resource Plan.
Section 460.6v - Proceeding to Reevaluate Procedures and Rates Schedules; Report; Definitions.
Section 460.6x - Shared Saving Mechanism.
Section 460.7 - Railroad Labor Unions; Representatives; Right to Participate in Hearings.
Section 460.9c - Customer on Active Duty in Military; Shut-Off Protection.
Section 460.9s - Postponement of Service Shutoff; Conditions; Definitions.
Section 460.9t - Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund.
Section 460.10 - MCL 460.10a to 460.10bb; Purpose.
Section 460.10g - Definitions; School Properties.
Section 460.10h - Definitions.
Section 460.10j - Securitization Property; Rights and Interests.
Section 460.10k - Financing Order; Effect in Connection With Bankruptcy.
Section 460.10l - Agreement to Transfer Securitization Property as True Sale.
Section 460.10n - Securitization Bonds; State Pledge of Certain Conduct.
Section 460.10q - Alternative Electric Supplier; License Requirements.
Section 460.10s - Low-Income and Energy Assistance Programs; Availability of Federal Funds.
Section 460.10t - Shut Off of Service; Conditions; Procedures; Definitions.
Section 460.10v - Joint Plan to Expand Available Transmission Capability.
Section 460.10w - Investor-Owned Electric Utility; Ferc Approval.
Section 460.10x - Cooperative Electric Utility; Requirements.
Section 460.10y - Municipally Owned Utility; Requirements.
Section 460.10z - Provisions of Act as Severable.
Section 460.10aa - Impairment of Contractual Rights Under Existing Contract.
Section 460.10bb - Aggregation; Use; Definition.
Section 460.10cc - Provisions as Severable; Certain Rate Reductions as Void.
Section 460.10dd - Appropriation; Hiring Full-Time Positions to Implement Act.
Section 460.10ee - Code of Conduct; Value-Added Programs and Services; Definitions.
Section 460.10ff - Energy Ombudsman.
Section 460.10gg - Long-Term Industrial Load Rate; Findings of Commission.
Section 460.10hh - Nuclear Energy Generation Feasibility Study.