Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
386.370. Estimate of expenses — assessments against utilities — public service commission fund — statement on gross intrastate operating revenues. — 1. The commission shall, prior to the beginning of each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 1947, make an estimate of the expenses to be incurred by it during such fiscal year reasonably attributable to the regulation of public utilities as provided in chapters 386, 392 and 393 and shall also separately estimate the amount of such expenses directly attributable to such regulation of each of the following groups of public utilities: electrical corporations, gas corporations, water corporations, heating companies and telephone corporations, telegraph corporations, sewer corporations, and any other public utility as defined in section 386.020, as well as the amount of such expenses not directly attributable to any such group. For purposes of this section, water corporations and sewer corporations will be combined and considered one group of public utilities.
2. The commission shall allocate to each such group of public utilities the estimated expenses directly attributable to the regulation of such group and an amount equal to such proportion of the estimated expenses not directly attributable to any group as the gross intrastate operating revenues of such group during the preceding calendar year bears to the total gross intrastate operating revenues of all public utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, as aforesaid, during such calendar year. The commission shall then assess the amount so allocated to each group of public utilities, subject to reduction as herein provided, to the public utilities in such group in proportion to their respective gross intrastate operating revenues during the preceding calendar year, except that the total amount so assessed to all such public utilities shall not exceed three hundred fifteen thousandths of one percent of the total gross intrastate operating revenues of all utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the commission.
3. The commission shall render a statement of such assessment to each such public utility on or before July first and the amount so assessed to each such public utility shall be paid by it to the director of revenue in full on or before July fifteenth next following the rendition of such statement, except that any such public utility may at its election pay such assessment in four equal installments not later than the following dates next following the rendition of said statement, to wit: July fifteenth, October fifteenth, January fifteenth and April fifteenth. The director of revenue shall remit such payments to the state treasurer.
4. The state treasurer shall credit such payments to a special fund, which is hereby created, to be known as "The Public Service Commission Fund", which fund, or its successor fund created pursuant to section 33.571*, shall be devoted solely to the payment of expenditures actually incurred by the commission and attributable to the regulation of such public utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the commission, as aforesaid. Any amount remaining in such special fund or its successor fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the general revenue fund, but shall be applicable by appropriation of the general assembly to the payment of such expenditures of the commission in the succeeding fiscal year and shall be applied by the commission to the reduction of the amount to be assessed to such public utilities in such succeeding fiscal year, such reduction to be allocated to each group of public utilities in proportion to the respective gross intrastate operating revenues of the respective groups during the preceding calendar year.
5. In order to enable the commission to make the allocations and assessments herein provided for, each public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the commission as aforesaid shall file with the commission, within ten days after August 28, 1996, and thereafter on or before March thirty-first of each year, a statement under oath showing its gross intrastate operating revenues for the preceding calendar year, and if any public utility shall fail to file such statement within the time aforesaid the commission shall estimate such revenue which estimate shall be binding on such public utility for the purpose of this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5706, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 469, A.L. 1957 p. 507, A.L. 1965 p. 588, A.L. 1967 p. 578, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1078, A.L. 1996 S.B. 780, A.L. 2013 H.B. 142, A.L. 2021 H.B. 734 merged with S.B. 44)
Prior revision: 1929 § 5250
*Section 33.571 was repealed by H.B. 1965, 2010
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXV - Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 386 - Public Service Commission
Section 386.010 - Short title of law.
Section 386.020 - Definitions.
Section 386.030 - Chapter not applicable to interstate commerce.
Section 386.040 - Commission established.
Section 386.050 - Appointment of commissioners — qualifications — tenure.
Section 386.060 - Removal of commissioners.
Section 386.071 - General counsel authorized, qualifications, duties.
Section 386.090 - Secretary to the commission — duties.
Section 386.110 - Oath of office — eligibility of commissioners and officers.
Section 386.125 - Public service commission, rulemaking authority.
Section 386.130 - Organization of commission — quorum — powers of a commissioner.
Section 386.140 - Chairman — his powers.
Section 386.145 - Records destroyed, when.
Section 386.160 - Payment of salaries and expenses.
Section 386.170 - Publications commission, powers.
Section 386.180 - Duties of publications commission.
Section 386.230 - Act as arbitrators.
Section 386.240 - Powers of commission, how exercised.
Section 386.250 - Jurisdiction of commission.
Section 386.260 - Commission to fix units of service.
Section 386.270 - All orders prima facie lawful and reasonable.
Section 386.280 - Orders to be written — recording — effect — utility office, where kept.
Section 386.290 - Certified copies of papers filed to be evidence.
Section 386.300 - Fees authorized — deposited, where, how.
Section 386.320 - General supervision of telegraph and telephone corporations.
Section 386.380 - Reports of commission.
Section 386.400 - Utilities, corporations and persons may file complaint.
Section 386.430 - Burden of proof on adverse party.
Section 386.450 - Inspection of out of state records.
Section 386.460 - Refusal to attend or produce books or papers, guilty of misdemeanor — penalty.
Section 386.470 - Immunity of witnesses to prosecution.
Section 386.480 - Information not to be divulged — exception — penalty.
Section 386.490 - Service and effect of orders.
Section 386.500 - Rehearing before commission.
Section 386.510 - Review by appellate court.
Section 386.515 - Rehearing, procedure.
Section 386.520 - Appeal, pendency of, staying or suspending operation, when.
Section 386.530 - Priority over other civil cases in court actions granted.
Section 386.550 - Orders to be conclusive.
Section 386.560 - Mishandling records — false statements — penalty — order provisions.
Section 386.570 - Violation of orders — penalty — act of employee declared act of public utility.
Section 386.580 - Employee of public utility guilty of misdemeanor, when.
Section 386.590 - Penalties cumulative.
Section 386.600 - Actions to recover penalties or forfeitures.
Section 386.610 - Substantial compliance with requirements of this chapter sufficient.
Section 386.700 - Public counsel authorized — qualifications — compensation, how fixed.
Section 386.710 - Powers of public counsel.
Section 386.754 - Definitions.
Section 386.756 - Utilities prohibited from engaging in HVAC services, exceptions, penalty.
Section 386.762 - Authority of public service commission.