Alabama Code — 37
Browse 612 sections in division 37 of the Alabama code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 37-1-2. Seal.
- § 37-1-4. Oath.
- § 37-1-6. Certain Persons Ineligible to Be Commissioners.
- § 37-1-7. Impeachment and Removal of Commissioners.
- § 37-1-8. Office; Meetings; Record of Proceedings.
- § 37-1-10. Domicile of Commission; Jurisdiction of Actions or Proceedings Against Commission.
- § 37-1-11. Salaries and Expense Allowances of Commissioners.
- § 37-1-12.1. Employees - Accountant, Utility Rates Analyst, Economist, Etc.
- § 37-1-12.2. Employees - Stenographic and Other Clerical Assistants; Special Investigators.
- § 37-1-13. Employees - Penalty for Divulging Certain Information.
- § 37-1-14. Bond of Supervisor of Accounts.
- § 37-1-15. Free Tickets, Free Passes or Free Transportation.
- § 37-1-16. Assignment of Assistant Attorney General to Represent Consumers and State in Proceedings Before Commission; Powers and Duties of Attorney General in Connection with Public Utility Services Generally; Commission to Furnish Copies of Applications, Pleadings, Etc., Filed with It to Attorney General.
- § 37-1-17. Economic and Financial Studies and Surveys of Public Utility Services; Compilation of Financial and Economic Data, Statistics and Analysis; Evaluations of Future Needs.
- § 37-1-18. Consumer’s Utility Rate Hearing Fund.
- § 37-1-30. Use of Word “Utility” or “Utilities.”
- § 37-1-31. Exclusive Powers and Jurisdiction.
- § 37-1-32. General Supervision of Utilities.
- § 37-1-33. Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Distribution or Furnishing, Etc., of Electricity, Gas, or Steam.
- § 37-1-34. Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Municipal Utilities.
- § 37-1-35. Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Exercise of Certain Municipal Powers.
- § 37-1-36. Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Nonutility Business.
- § 37-1-37. Jurisdictional Exemptions or Limitations - Logging or Private Railroads.
- § 37-1-38. Adoption of Rules.
- § 37-1-39. Publication of Orders and Opinions.
- § 37-1-40. Duty of Utilities to Comply with Orders.
- § 37-1-41. Reports to Governor.
- § 37-1-42. Furnishing Information to Department of Revenue.
- § 37-1-43. Jurisdiction Over Utilities Engaged in Interstate Commerce Not Regulated Under Acts of Congress.
- § 37-1-44. Proceedings When Interstate Rates or Rules, Etc., Deemed Excessive or Discriminatory.
- § 37-1-45. Sitting or Conferring with Commissions of Other States.
- § 37-1-46. Sitting or Conferring with Federal Commissions or Agencies.
- § 37-1-47. Intervention, Initiation or Participation in Federal Proceedings Involving Interstate Rates, Etc., in Alabama.
- § 37-1-48. Waiver by Utility of Terms or Conditions in Municipal Ordinances or Contracts.
- § 37-1-49. Duty of Utility to Render Adequate Service and Maintain Facilities.
- § 37-1-50. Certificate for Abandonment of Service.
- § 37-1-51. Classification of Utility Services.
- § 37-1-52. Prescribing Standards of Service; Regulations for Testing of Service.
- § 37-1-52.1. Operator Service to Include Access to Live Operator.
- § 37-1-53. Providing for Accuracy of Meters or Measuring Devices, Etc.
- § 37-1-54. Establishing Uniform Systems of Accounts for Utilities.
- § 37-1-55. Separation of Intrastate Railroad Operations for Accounting Purposes.
- § 37-1-56. Prescribing Changes in Form for Schedules and Service Regulations.
- § 37-1-57. Requiring Reports and Information from Utilities - Generally.
- § 37-1-58. Requiring Reports and Information from Utilities - Annual Return of Business.
- § 37-1-59. Requiring Reports and Information from Utilities - Additional Reports of Earnings and Operating Expenses.
- § 37-1-60. Requiring Reports and Information from Utilities - Form of Reports and Records.
- § 37-1-61. Requiring Reports and Information from Utilities - Originals to Be Subscribed and Sworn To; Preservation in Office of Commission.
- § 37-1-62. Reports, Records and Accounts to Be Open for Public Inspection.
- § 37-1-63. Powers of Commissioners and Examiners to Administer Oaths, Issue Subpoenas, Etc.
- § 37-1-64. Attorney General to Represent Commission in Legal Proceedings; Employment of Special Counsel.
- § 37-1-65. Actions to Enforce Penalties or Forfeitures.
- § 37-1-66. Powers of Members of Enforcement Division.
- § 37-1-80. Rates to Be Just and Reasonable; Right of Utility to Earn Fair Net Return; Alternative Methods of Regulation.
- § 37-1-80.1. Review and Adjustment of Rates of Connecting Telephone Companies When South Central Bell Telephone Company Receives Increase in Net Return.
- § 37-1-80.2. Dual Party Relay System and Fund; Board of Trustees; Funding of Other Services; Liability of Trustees.
- § 37-1-81. Schedules of Rates or Service Regulations.
- § 37-1-82. Production and Inspection of Books or Records, Etc., of Utilities.
- § 37-1-83. Investigation of Unfair Rates or Inadequate Service; Who May File Complaints; Continuance.
- § 37-1-84. Filing and Contents of Complaint.
- § 37-1-85. Time and Place of Hearing.
- § 37-1-86. Notice and Process.
- § 37-1-87. Intervention in Proceedings Before Commission.
- § 37-1-88. Right of Party to Be Heard in Person or by Attorney.
- § 37-1-89. Taking of Testimony; Further Investigation; Laws Governing Conduct of Hearing; Transcript.
- § 37-1-90. Separate Hearings on Several Matters.
- § 37-1-91. Witnesses Not Excused for Reasons of Incrimination or Forfeiture; Perjury Prosecution Not Barred.
- § 37-1-92. Depositions of Witnesses.
- § 37-1-93. Fees of Witnesses.
- § 37-1-94. Time Allowed Commission for Making Decision.
- § 37-1-95. Order Requiring Discontinuance or Rectification of Violation.
- § 37-1-96. Necessity for Hearing Prior to Order Affecting Rate or Service.
- § 37-1-97. Order Fixing Reasonable Rate.
- § 37-1-98. Certified Copies of Orders.
- § 37-1-99. Rates and Orders of Commission Deemed Prima Facie Reasonable and Valid.
- § 37-1-100. Effective Date of Orders.
- § 37-1-101. Modification of Orders.
- § 37-1-102. Record of Proceedings.
- § 37-1-103. Substantial Compliance by Commission with Requirements of Title Sufficient.
- § 37-1-104. Power of Circuit Court to Compel Compliance with Commission Orders, Etc.
- § 37-1-105. Rehearing.
- § 37-1-120. Right of Appeal to Circuit Court of Montgomery County - Generally.
- § 37-1-121. Right of Appeal to Circuit Court of Montgomery County - Intervenors or Interested Parties.
- § 37-1-122. Time for Appeal; How Appeal Perfected.
- § 37-1-123. Record or Transcript of Proceedings Before Commission.
- § 37-1-124. Proceedings on Appeal.
- § 37-1-125. Right to Supersede Order by Giving Bond.
- § 37-1-126. Superseding Order - Order of Stay or Supersedeas.
- § 37-1-127. Superseding Order - Statement of Approximate Effect on Revenues.
- § 37-1-128. Superseding Order - Amount of Bond.
- § 37-1-129. Superseding Order - Additional Bond.
- § 37-1-130. Superseding Order - Order Stayed and Superseded Upon Giving Bond; Termination of Stay or Supersedeas.
- § 37-1-131. Rate Suspension to Affect Only Utilities Giving Bond.
- § 37-1-132. Right of Appeal to Supreme Court.
- § 37-1-133. Appeal by Commission or State.
- § 37-1-134. Appeal by Utility.
- § 37-1-135. Action on Bond for Damages Resulting from Suspension of Rates or Orders.
- § 37-1-140. Direct Appeal to Supreme Court as Matter of Right; Preferred Setting of Appeals; Time for Taking Appeals; Bond Required When Appellant Is Utility or Person.
- § 37-1-141. Who May Appeal; Manner of Taking Appeal; Application for Supersedeas; Supersedeas Bonds; Collection of Denied Rate Increases Prior to Final Disposition of Case.
- § 37-1-142. Certification to Supreme Court of Record or Transcript of Proceedings Before Commission.
- § 37-1-143. Review of Case to Be Upon Certified Record or Transcript; Remand of Case to Commission for Additional Proceedings; Employment of Special Masters, Accountants, Consultants, Etc., by Chief Justice.
- § 37-1-144. Subdivision Cumulative; Repeal of Conflicting Laws.
- § 37-1-150. Bond as Condition Precedent to Issuance of Injunction or Restraining Order.
- § 37-1-151. Notice to Commission.
- § 37-1-152. Filing of Bond; Condition to Pay Damages.
- § 37-1-153. Right to Appeal.
- § 37-1-154. Bond Required Upon Appeal by Utility.
- § 37-1-155. Action on Bond.
- § 37-1-156. Delivery of Bond Upon Dissolution of Injunction; Receipt in Evidence.
- § 37-1-157. Costs.
- § 37-2-1. “Transportation Company” Defined.
- § 37-2-2. Governmentally Owned Transportation Companies.
- § 37-2-3. Duty of Commission to Supervise, Regulate, and Control Transportation Companies.
- § 37-2-4. When Certificate of Convenience and Necessity Required.
- § 37-2-4.1. Owners of Land Proposed to Be Acquired by Utility or Telephone Company to Be Given Notice of Filing of Application for Certificate of Convenience and Necessity.
- § 37-2-5. When Permit to Abandon Service Required.
- § 37-2-6. Application for Certificate or Permit - Notice and Hearing.
- § 37-2-7. Application for Certificate or Permit - Grant or Refusal; Conditions; Revocation; Exception.
- § 37-2-8. List of Tickets, Passes and Mileage Books to Be Filed with Commission.
- § 37-2-9. Repairs, Improvements or Changes in Property or Devices.
- § 37-2-10. Filing and Posting of Tariffs.
- § 37-2-11. Joint Rates.
- § 37-2-12. Changes in Rates.
- § 37-2-13. Posted Rates to Be Legally Applicable Rates.
- § 37-2-14. Temporary or Emergency Rates.
- § 37-2-15. Special Rates.
- § 37-2-16. Penalty for Discrimination.
- § 37-2-17. Penalty for Excessive Rates.
- § 37-2-18. Treble Damages.
- § 37-2-19. Reparation.
- § 37-2-20. Concentration and Transit Privileges and Rates.
- § 37-2-21. Bills of Lading or Receipts - When Issued; Contents; Receipt for Cotton in Bales; Common-Law Liability Not Affected.
- § 37-2-22. Bills of Lading or Receipts - Not Given until Property Delivered to Carrier; Duplicates.
- § 37-2-23. Bills of Lading or Receipts - Liability for False or Second Bill of Lading or Receipt or for Failure to Endorse Partial Delivery.
- § 37-2-24. Bills of Lading or Receipts - Delivery to Cotton Compress.
- § 37-2-25. Bills of Lading or Receipts - Unauthorized Sale or Transfer of Property Prohibited.
- § 37-2-26. Bills of Lading or Receipts - Charges to Be Settled According to Stipulated Rate.
- § 37-2-27. Notice to Consignees of Arrival of Freight.
- § 37-2-30. Sale of Unclaimed Freight - Insurance; Application of Proceeds; Record; Disposition of Surplus.
- § 37-2-28. Sale of Unclaimed Freight - Nonperishable Freight.
- § 37-2-29. Sale of Unclaimed Freight - Perishable or Live Freight.
- § 37-2-31. Duty to Receive or Transport Freight; Liability for Failure or Delay.
- § 37-2-32. Partial Delivery of Consignment.
- § 37-2-33. Overcharges.
- § 37-2-34. Joint Actions Against Connecting Carriers.
- § 37-2-35. Personal Baggage of Passengers - Free Transportation Within Certain Weight Limits.
- § 37-2-36. Personal Baggage of Passengers - Charge for Excess Baggage.
- § 37-2-37. Personal Baggage of Passengers - Baggage, Etc., of Commercial Travelers.
- § 37-2-38. Personal Baggage of Passengers - Maximum Size and Weight Limits; Exceptions.
- § 37-2-39. Personal Baggage of Passengers - Storage Charges for Baggage Left in Baggage Rooms or Station Houses.
- § 37-2-40. Free Transportation or Reduced Rates.
- § 37-2-41. Inspection and Supervision Fees; Election.
- § 37-2-42. Refund of Excessive Charges Upon Submission of Expense Bill or Receipt.
- § 37-2-43. Soliciting Claims Against Transportation Companies Forbidden.
- § 37-2-44. Rights of Action Not Waived; Penalties Cumulative.
- § 37-2-45. Recovery of Penalties or Forfeitures.
- § 37-2-46. Each Violation Constitutes Separate Offense; Act of Employee Act of Company.
- § 37-2-60. Measure of Damages for Loss, Injury, or Delay in Delivery, Etc.
- § 37-2-61. Claim for Damages.
- § 37-2-62. Action for Damages.
- § 37-2-80. Railroad Signs.
- § 37-2-81. Duty of Locomotive Engineer to Ring Bell or Blow Horn, Etc.
- § 37-2-82. Stopping Trains at Crossings; Right-of-Way.
- § 37-2-83. Liability of Railroad for Failure to Comply with Sections 37-2-80 through 37-2-82; Burden of Proof.
- § 37-2-84. Abandonment and Discontinuance of Grade Crossings.
- § 37-2-85. Examination and Licensing of Railroad Employees.
- § 37-2-86. Employment of Unlicensed Persons.
- § 37-2-86.1. Conductor and Engineer’s Qualification Permit Contents; Display.
- § 37-2-87. Instruction of Engineers and Conductors.
- § 37-2-88. Railroad Drawbridges.
- § 37-2-89. Railroad Fences; Liability for Injury to Stock.
- § 37-2-90. Locomotive Headlights.
- § 37-2-91. Railroad Accident Reports.
- § 37-2-110. Duty of Railroad to Provide Accommodations Generally.
- § 37-2-111. Union Stations.
- § 37-2-112. Orders of Commission - Notice; Time for Compliance.
- § 37-2-113. Orders of Commission - Remedy for Noncompliance.
- § 37-2-114. Failure of Trains to Stop at Advertised Stations.
- § 37-2-116. Action for Damages Not Barred.
- § 37-2-130. Duty of Railroad to Maintain Depots, Etc.
- § 37-2-131. Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Generally.
- § 37-2-132. Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Railroads Running to or through Same Town or City.
- § 37-2-133. Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Switch Connections.
- § 37-2-134. Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Duty to Provide Equal and Reasonable Facilities.
- § 37-2-135. Connection of Tracks and Interchange of Traffic - Duty to Deliver Freight or Cars Without Unreasonable Delay or Discrimination; Precedence Given Livestock and Perishable Freight.
- § 37-2-136. Spur Tracks and Sidetracks.
- § 37-2-137. Cattle Guards.
- § 37-2-150. Appointment.
- § 37-2-151. Oath; Bond.
- § 37-2-152. Badge.
- § 37-2-153. Powers.
- § 37-2-154. Compensation.
- § 37-2-155. Liability of Corporation for Acts of Policemen.
- § 37-2-156. Filing of Notice That Services No Longer Required.
- § 37-2-157. Removal by Governor.
- § 37-2A-1. Short Title.
- § 37-2A-2. Definitions.
- § 37-2A-3. Purpose.
- § 37-2A-4. Jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.
- § 37-2A-4.1. Certain Providers of Commercial Mobile Radio Services Eligible for Universal Service Support.
- § 37-2A-5. Process for Election.
- § 37-2A-5.1. Waiver of Federal Exemptions, Suspensions, and Modification.
- § 37-2A-6. Customer Notification.
- § 37-2A-7. Universal Service Programs; Fees; Access to Data Files for Required Administrative Functions.
- § 37-2A-8. Provision of Basic Telephone Service and Optional Telephone Features.
- § 37-2A-9. Standards for New Entrants.
- § 37-2A-10. (Effective until October 1, 2019) Supervision and Inspection Fees.
- § 37-2A-10.1. Application of Fees.
- § 37-2A-11. Interpretation.
- § 37-3-1. Short Title.
- § 37-3-2. Definitions.
- § 37-3-3. Applicability of Chapter to Interstate Commerce.
- § 37-3-4. Exemptions.
- § 37-3-5. Operations to Be in Accordance with Chapter; Carriers Subject to Regulation of Commission.
- § 37-3-6. Proprietary or Property Rights in Use of Highways Not Conferred by Chapter.
- § 37-3-7. Powers and Duties of Commission Generally.
- § 37-3-8. Commission Members Not to Have Pecuniary Interest, Etc., in Carriers or Brokers.
- § 37-3-9. Disposition of Matters Requiring Hearing.
- § 37-3-10. Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - When Required; Application; Determination by Commission.
- § 37-3-11. Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Issuance Generally.
- § 37-3-12. Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Scope of Authority Granted; Deviations; Charter Parties; Transportation of Newspapers, Baggage or Mail; Abandonment or Discontinuance.
- § 37-3-12.1. Grant of Intrastate Charter Rights to Certain Common Carriers Authorized.
- § 37-3-13. Contract Carrier Permits - Generally.
- § 37-3-14. Contract Carrier Permits - Dual Operations.
- § 37-3-15. Licensing and Regulation of Brokers.
- § 37-3-16. Effective Date of Certificates, Permits or Licenses; Suspension, Change or Revocation.
- § 37-3-17. Transfer of Certificates or Permits.
- § 37-3-18. Bond or Other Security.
- § 37-3-19. Duty of Common Carrier to Provide Service, Equipment, and Facilities; Rates and Charges Generally; Rules, Regulations, and Practices; Other Remedies Not Extinguished.
- § 37-3-20. Tariffs of Common Carriers.
- § 37-3-21. Schedules or Contracts of Contract Carriers; Charges Generally; Rules, Regulations or Practices.
- § 37-3-22. Accounts, Records and Reports.
- § 37-3-23. Bills of Lading.
- § 37-3-23.1. Unenforceability of Certain Motor Vehicle Transportation Contract Provisions.
- § 37-3-24. Effective Date of Commission Orders.
- § 37-3-25. Penalties for Violations.
- § 37-3-26. Collection of Rates and Charges.
- § 37-3-27. Employment of Personnel to Aid Commission in Administration and Enforcement of Chapter.
- § 37-3-28. Examiners.
- § 37-3-29. Appeals.
- § 37-3-30. Additional Compensation of Commission Members.
- § 37-3-31. Appropriation.
- § 37-3-32. Fees.
- § 37-3-32.1. Administration of Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005.
- § 37-3-33. Municipal Privilege License Fees or Taxes.
- § 37-3-34. Rules and Regulations of Commission.
- § 37-3-50. Status as Employee, Independent Contractor, Etc., Unaffected by Motor Carrier Safety Improvements.
- § 37-4-1. Definitions.
- § 37-4-2. Jurisdiction of Commission Limited as to Nonutilities.
- § 37-4-2.1. Regulation of Certain Private Water System Utilities in Class 8 Municipalities.
- § 37-4-3. Officers and Directors Occupy Fiduciary Relationship.
- § 37-4-4. Directors Not to Delegate or Relinquish Duties.
- § 37-4-5. Sale or Purchase of Securities by Utility Employees.
- § 37-4-6. Payment of Dividends.
- § 37-4-7. Application to Issue Securities or Assume Obligations - When Required; Order of Commission.
- § 37-4-8. Application to Issue Securities or Assume Obligations - Form; Contents; Oath; Signatures; by Whom Filed.
- § 37-4-9. Application to Issue Securities or Assume Obligations - Time for Disposition by Commission.
- § 37-4-10. Application to Issue Securities or Assume Obligations - Grant or Denial; Modifications; Supplemental Orders.
- § 37-4-11. Sale, Pledge or Other Disposition of Securities.
- § 37-4-12. Guarantee or Obligation on Part of State Not to Be Implied.
- § 37-4-13. Provisions of Article Not Applicable to Certain Notes.
- § 37-4-14. Receiver’s Certificate or Debentures.
- § 37-4-15. Reports by Utility.
- § 37-4-16. Validity of Securities Issued Without Authorization; Penalty for Violation.
- § 37-4-17. Valuation of Utility Property - When Made; Assistants and Examiners; Factors Considered.
- § 37-4-18. Valuation of Utility Property - Notice; Filing of Protest; Finality.
- § 37-4-19. Valuation of Utility Property - Hearing Upon Protest; Corrections; Final Order.
- § 37-4-20. Valuation of Utility Property - Revaluation.
- § 37-4-21. Valuation of Utility Property - Appeals.
- § 37-4-22. Contract Rates.
- § 37-4-23. Inspection and Supervision Fees - Generally.
- § 37-4-24. Inspection and Supervision Fees - Recovery of Delinquent Fees.
- § 37-4-25. Intercorporate Relations - Treatment of Utility as Part of General System.
- § 37-4-26. Intercorporate Relations - Agreements with Holding Companies or Affiliated Interests.
- § 37-4-27. Special or Reduced Rates.
- § 37-4-28. Certificate of Convenience and Necessity - When Required; Application; Issuance.
- § 37-4-29. Certificate of Convenience and Necessity - Time for Exercising Authority Conferred.
- § 37-4-30. Obtaining Electric Service Under a Private Contract; Definitions.
- § 37-4-40. Right to Sell or Lease Property.
- § 37-4-41. Approval by Commission - Generally.
- § 37-4-42. Approval by Commission - Property Located Within Single Municipality.
- § 37-4-43. Otherwise Legal Sales, Etc., Not Affected.
- § 37-4-44. Sale of Property in Interstate Commerce Contrary to Federal Law Not Authorized.
- § 37-4-45. Conveyance of Water Distribution Facilities to Public Authority or Corporation by Not-for-Profit Entity Without Necessity of Commission Approval.
- § 37-4-60. Notice of Intention to Engage in Business.
- § 37-4-61. Voluntary Sales.
- § 37-4-62. Forced Sales - Application to Commission; Notice and Hearing; Order.
- § 37-4-63. Forced Sales - Appeals to Circuit Court.
- § 37-4-64. Forced Sales - Time for Complying with Order; Tender of Deed; Acceptance or Rejection.
- § 37-4-65. Certain Systems or Projects Exempted.
- § 37-4-80. Definitions.
- § 37-4-81. Compliance with Federal Minimum Safety Standards.
- § 37-4-82. Powers of Commission - Generally.
- § 37-4-83. Powers of Commission - Promulgation of Rules; Requiring Records; Inspections.
- § 37-4-84. Powers of Commission - Employment of Personnel.
- § 37-4-85. Powers of Commission - Limitations.
- § 37-4-86. Jurisdiction of Circuit Court.
- § 37-4-87. Penalties.
- § 37-4-88. Safety Inspection Fees.
- § 37-4-90. Definitions.