Title 42 — Public Utilities and Carriers and Energy Programs
13 chapters · 434 sections in this title.
AS 42.04.010 Regulatory Commission of Alaska created.
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(a) There is created within the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development as an independent agency of the state the Regulatory Commission of Alaska. (b) The commission shall annually elect one of its members to serve as chair for the following fiscal year. When …
AS 42.04.020 Commissioners.
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(a) The commission consists of five commissioners appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session. To qualify for appointment as a commissioner, a person must (1) be a member in good standing of the Alaska Bar Association with at least five years of ac…
AS 42.04.030 Principal office; seal.
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(a) The commission shall establish a principal office and branch offices necessary to discharge its business efficiently. For the convenience of the public or of parties to a proceeding, the commission may hold meetings, hearings, or other proceedings at other locations. (b) The …
AS 42.04.040 Legal counsel.
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(a) The Department of Law shall provide full-time legal counsel to the commission. (b) The commission may, subject to the approval of the attorney general, contract for the services of specialized legal counsel or legal consultants.
AS 42.04.050 Employment of commission personnel.
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(a) The chair of the commission is responsible for directing the administrative functions of the commission and carrying out the policies as set by the commission. The commission chair may employ engineers, hearing examiners, administrative law judges, arbitrators, mediators, exp…
AS 42.04.060 Restrictions on members and employees.
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(a) A member of the commission or an employee of the commission may not have an official connection with, hold stock or securities in, or have a pecuniary interest in a public utility or pipeline carrier within the state. Membership in a cooperative association is not a “pecuniar…
AS 42.04.070 Powers and duties of commission chair.
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(a) The chair of the commission shall (1) employ the commission staff; (2) establish and implement a time management system for the commission; (3) assign the work of the commission to members and staff of the commission so that matters before the commission are resolved as exped…
AS 42.04.080 Decision-making procedures.
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(a) Except as provided in AS 42.05.171 or AS 42.06.140, when a matter comes for decision before the commission under AS 42.05, AS 42.06, or AS 42.08, the chair shall appoint a hearing panel composed of three or more members to hear, or if a hearing is not required, to otherwise c…
AS 42.04.090 Impartial decision-making. [Repealed, § 6 ch 2 TSSLA 2002.]
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Article 2. Communications Carriers Section.
AS 42.04.100 Communications carriers section.
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There is established within the commission a communications carriers section that shall develop, recommend, and administer policies and programs with respect to the regulation of rates, services, accounting, and facilities of communications common carriers within the state involv…
AS 42.04.150 Public advocacy section. [Repealed, E.O. No. 111, § 4 (2003). For current law, see AS 44.23.020(e).]
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[Repealed or reserved.]