In all cases where the testimony of witnesses is given orally before the commission any interested party or the commission shall have the right to have said testimony taken down and transcribed by a stenographer or court reporter, who is not an employee of the commission, to be agreed upon by the parties or appointed by the commission. The stenographer or court reporter so employed shall be duly sworn and his or her certificate that the transcript of such evidence is correct together with the official certificate of any one (1) of the commissioners that he has read the same and that it is in his opinion correct shall entitle such transcript or a certified copy thereof to be received in evidence on any appeal or in any court in this state subject only to any objection that the same is not relevant or material. The stenographer or court reporter shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-13-33. The commission shall have the right to require any party demanding an official stenographer to guarantee or prepay the costs thereof in all proper cases.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 1 - Public Service Commission
§ 77-1-1. Creation of commission; terms, compensation and qualifications of commissioners
§ 77-1-5. Office, meetings and minutes of commission
§ 77-1-17. Employment and duties of rate expert and assistant
§ 77-1-19. Employment of personnel to implement Motor Carrier Regulatory Law
§ 77-1-25. Use of commission property and political activity regulated
§ 77-1-27. Payment of salaries
§ 77-1-31. Docket of petitions and complaints
§ 77-1-33. Process for witnesses; penalty for failure to testify
§ 77-1-35. Administration of oaths; taking of affidavits; examination of witnesses; perjury
§ 77-1-37. Payment of witnesses
§ 77-1-39. Transcripts of oral testimony
§ 77-1-41. Findings and determinations shall be in writing; proof and effect thereof
§ 77-1-43. Enforcement of laws and orders, decisions and determinations of commission
§ 77-1-47. Appeal bonds; supersedeas bonds