2013 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 66 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Article 1 POWERS OF STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

• Section 66-101 Electric public utilities; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• Section 66-101a Same; definitions.
• Section 66-101b Electric public utilities; efficient and sufficient service; just and reasonable rates.
• Section 66-101c Same; publication and filing of rates, rules and regulations and contracts.
• Section 66-101d Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• Section 66-101e Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.
• Section 66-101f Same; commission orders and decisions.
• Section 66-101g Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• Section 66-101h Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; damage liability.
• Section 66-104 Utilities subject to supervision; exceptions.
• Section 66-104a Certain telephone utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction; conditions.
• Section 66-104b Electric cooperative public utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction; conditions; exceptions.
• Section 66-104c Certain nonprofit public utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction.
• Section 66-104d Certain electric cooperative public utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction; conditions; exceptions.
• Section 66-104e Jurisdiction over certain water or natural gas public utilities otherwise subject to city regulation.
• Section 66-104f Jurisdiction over municipal electric or natural gas public utilities; limitations.
• Section 66-104g Certain natural gas cooperative public utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction; conditions; exceptions.
• Section 66-105 Common carriers defined.
• Section 66-105a Gas gathering systems excluded from "public utility" and "common carrier"; commission authority, curtailment of service to end users on gathering system.
• Section 66-106 Rules and regulations; assessment of costs; conferral with other authorities; agreements; contributions and grants; joint investigations, hearings, orders; duties of attorney general.
• Section 66-109 Variations from schedule of rates.
• Section 66-114 Giving testimony or evidence in proceedings involving alleged violation of act.
• Section 66-115 Effective date of orders; prima facie reasonable.
• Section 66-117 Change of rates or schedules; procedure; effective date; higher rates of return in certain cases; hearing; property tax surcharge authorized.
• Section 66-117a State intervention as party to certain rate hearings.
• Section 66-117b Report to legislature of change of rates or schedules approved by state corporation commission; contents; exclusions.
• Section 66-117c Application of act.
• Section 66-117d Discrimination in rates to customers utilizing renewable energy sources prohibited.
• Section 66-117e Exemption from filing rates and schedules, when.
• Section 66-117f Intervention by municipalities in rate proceedings.
• Section 66-118a Review proceedings; court of jurisdiction; parties; transfer to proper court.
• Section 66-118b Same; petition for reconsideration; order; time for filing appeal.
• Section 66-118c Same; judicial review.
• Section 66-118d Same; precedence of action for review.
• Section 66-118e Same; change of venue in certain cases.
• Section 66-118g Same; stay or suspension of order or decision pending review.
• Section 66-118h Same; bond, guarantee or surety, on stay or suspension pending review; collection and distribution of funds in excess of final order.
• Section 66-118i Same; distribution of unclaimed funds.
• Section 66-118j Same; duty of court if order sustained.
• Section 66-118k Same; duty of court if order not sustained.
• Section 66-118l Same; time orders to become effective.
• Section 66-118o Same; invalidity of part.
• Section 66-119 Standard commercial units of products; regulations for testing products.
• Section 66-120 Gas rates and service in cities of 500 or over.
• Section 66-121 Same; regulators, pressure gauges and other devices; standard pressure; rates.
• Section 66-122 Accounts, reports and information by utilities.
• Section 66-123 Public utilities and common carriers, reports; penalty for failure to file.
• Section 66-125 Issuance of securities; certificate of commission required, when; proceedings; motor carriers exempted.
• Section 66-126 Unlawful securities; penalty.
• Section 66-127 Dealing in securities of competing utility; prohibited transportation; exemption for certain utilities.
• Section 66-128 Valuation of property for rate-making purposes by commission; construction work in progress.
• Section 66-128a Fixing rates, joint rates, tolls and averages; authority of commission not limited by 66-128b through 66-128i.
• Section 66-128b Deferral and phase-in of value of certain utility property; exclusion of finance costs, when.
• Section 66-128c Valuation of property for rate making; evaluation of efficiency or prudence of utility; exclusion of all or a portion of costs of excess capacity, when; "excess capacity" defined; exclusion or reduction of return on costs from excess capacity.
• Section 66-128d Proceeding to determine reasonableness of costs of facility; commencement; procedure.
• Section 66-128e Adjustment of revenue requirements of utilities by commission; exclusion of finance charges attributable to inefficiency or lack of prudence; electric utility borrowing for payment of dividends; exception for certain utility facilities.
• Section 66-128f Monthly financial reports by certain utilities constructing electric generating facilities.
• Section 66-128g Determination of "prudence" in determining reasonable value of electric generating property; factors to be considered; presumption of lack of prudence of costs in excess of 200% of "original cost estimate"; definition of "original cost estimate"; when costs exceeding 200% may be included.
• Section 66-128h Nuclear fission electric generating facilities with excess capacity; presumption certain costs excluded when finding of no "technology or means for disposal of high-level nuclear waste" as defined in section.
• Section 66-128i Presumption of lack of prudence if fine for safety or quality violation assessed; reduction of revenue requirements.
• Section 66-128j Electric utilities; certain power sales; sale or retirement of facilities; reduction in revenue requirement, when.
• Section 66-128k Severability.
• Section 66-128l Nuclear power generating facilities; decommissioning; definitions.
• Section 66-128m Same; decommissioning financing plan.
• Section 66-128n Nuclear power generating facilities; decommissioning financing plan; hearings; approval or rejection of plan.
• Section 66-128o Same; review of plan, when; changes.
• Section 66-128p Same; funding of decommissioning; state has no financial responsibility.
• Section 66-128q Proceeding to review application for recovery of prudent expenditures for certain costs of new nuclear generation facility; application for predetermination of rate-making principles authorized.
• Section 66-128r Depreciation fixed for electric utilities possessing a federal license to operate a nuclear generation facility.
• Section 66-129 Examination of accounts and records.
• Section 66-129a Gas or electric public utilities; nonregulated private enterprises, separate accounting, audit.
• Section 66-131 Permit to transact business required; exceptions; limitations on commission's authority and jurisdiction; time period for determination of application.
• Section 66-132 Accidents; notice to commission; investigations.
• Section 66-133 Municipal franchises and ordinances; taxpayer's complaint to commission; bond for costs of hearing complaint.
• Section 66-134 Permit to transact business to be recorded on books of corporation.
• Section 66-136 Transfer of franchise or certificate of convenience.
• Section 66-137 Penalty for falsifying or destroying accounts and records; commission may order destruction.
• Section 66-138 Common carriers, public utilities; penalties for violation of law; disposition; enforcement.
• Section 66-139 Enforcement of act or order.
• Section 66-140 Rights and remedies cumulative.
• Section 66-143 Interstate rates; corporation commission intervention in proceedings before federal agencies.
• Section 66-144 Same; application for relief from interstate rates or regulations.
• Section 66-150 Witnesses, process and depositions; penalties for obstruction or refusal to give information; immunity of witnesses; taxation of costs.
• Section 66-151 Certified copies of documents; admissibility.
• Section 66-152 Free transportation and reduced rates in certain cases.
• Section 66-154 Rebates, drawbacks and special privileges or discriminations unlawful.
• Section 66-154a Unreasonable or discriminatory rates or charges; complaint; investigation by commission.
• Section 66-154b Same; refund.
• Section 66-154c Same; time of filing complaints.
• Section 66-154e Same; time limitation.
• Section 66-154f Same; invalidity of part.
• Section 66-155 Duties of attorney of commission.
• Section 66-175 False swearing in proceedings; penalty.
• Section 66-176 Damages for violations; attorney fees.
• Section 66-177 Public utilities, common carriers; penalties for violation of law.
• Section 66-178 Same; suits by individuals or corporations permitted.
• Section 66-179 Joinder of causes of action.
• Section 66-183 Stringing wires along or across streets, highways or public places; regulations.
• Section 66-184 Same; complaint; investigations and orders.
• Section 66-185 Same; penalty for noncompliance with order.
• Section 66-194 Same; complaint; investigations and orders.
• Section 66-195 Same; penalty for failure to comply with order.
• Section 66-1,105 Service of orders and decisions; effective dates.
• Section 66-1,107 Validity of 1925 act.
• Section 66-1,108 Transportation by motor carriers; definitions.
• Section 66-1,108a Regulation of motor carriers; powers granted to state corporation commission.
• Section 66-1,108b Same; powers of state corporation commission.
• Section 66-1,108c Same; examination of accounts and records.
• Section 66-1,109 Regulation of motor carriers; exemptions of certain carriers, certain transporters and certain uses from act.
• Section 66-1,110 Public motor carriers of property, of household goods or passengers declared common carriers.
• Section 66-1,111 Types of carriers which must comply with act and other applicable laws.
• Section 66-1,112 Authority of commission to regulate public motor carriers; rate-making procedures; exemption from state antitrust laws, when.
• Section 66-1,112g Private motor carrier permits; reports; rules and regulations.
• Section 66-1,112h Voluntary suspensions of permits or licenses; period; effect.
• Section 66-1,112j Suspension or revocation of permit, certificate or interstate license; notice and hearing.
• Section 66-1,113 Unreasonable charges prohibited.
• Section 66-1,114 Public motor carriers certificates of convenience and necessity; to transport household goods or passengers; procedure to obtain; basis for issuance.
• Section 66-1,114b Public motor carrier of property other than household goods or passengers; certificate of public service; procedure to obtain; basis for issuance.
• Section 66-1,115 Private motor carriers of property must secure licenses or permits.
• Section 66-1,115a Granting of certain permits and certificates without formal hearing, when; notice.
• Section 66-1,116 Public motor carriers operating as common carriers in interstate commerce register in base state; exempt carriers shall provide certain information.
• Section 66-1,117 Forms of application; hearings concerning applications; written findings and recommendations to commission.
• Section 66-1,118 Assignment or transfer of certificate of convenience and necessity or certificate of public service; approval of commission; application; notice and hearing; findings.
• Section 66-1,119 Change; abandonment or discontinuance of service; consent of commission; failure to annually renew.
• Section 66-1,119a Lease or assignment of territory, operating rights and authority prohibited; pooling agreement; action by commission; procedure.
• Section 66-1,126 Violation of act relating to certificate, license, permit or report; failure to comply with certain commission orders; penalty.
• Section 66-1,128 Motor carrier liability insurance requirements; self-insurance, when.
• Section 66-1,129 Motor carriers; safety rules and regulations adopted by commission; exceptions.
• Section 66-1,129a Motor carriers, suspension, revocation or amendment of certificate; notice; hearing; impoundment of motor carrier's vehicles; sale of such vehicles; proceeds; requirements.
• Section 66-1,129b Intrastate transportation of certain hazardous materials; authorizing federal exemption.
• Section 66-1,130 Violation of act; penalty.
• Section 66-1,131 Duty of sheriffs, peace officers and county attorneys.
• Section 66-1,132 Former certificates remain in force.
• Section 66-1,133 Sections 66-196 to 66-1,107 repealed in part.
• Section 66-1,134 Sections 66-196 to 66-1,133 repealed in part.
• Section 66-1,135 Invalidity of part.
• Section 66-1,138 Certain vehicles exempt from 66-1,139 and 66-1,140.
• Section 66-1,139 Registration of interstate carriers in base state; registration of intrastate carriers with corporation commission; regulatory fees; disposition; exemptions; application requirements; certain interstate carriers may display identification on side.
• Section 66-1,139a Unified carrier registration clearing fund.
• Section 66-1,140 Rules and regulations governing registration and fees for certain vehicles used temporarily; vehicles entering state on occasional trips; designation of superintendent of the highway patrol as issuing agent; acknowledgments.
• Section 66-1,141 Provisions of 66-1,138 to 66-1,140 supplemental to ch. 66, art. 1.
• Section 66-1,142 Biannual transfer of certain balances in motor carrier license fees fund to state highway fund; notice thereof, entry upon records.
• Section 66-1,142a Investigations conducted by highway patrol and commission for federal agency.
• Section 66-1,142b Civil penalties; motor carriers.
• Section 66-1,142c Commission authorized to compromise civil penalty.
• Section 66-1,142d Contract motor carriers; continuation of authority and rates and tariffs.
• Section 66-1,143 Radio common carriers; defined; limitation of KCC jurisdiction.
• Section 66-1,145 Same; interconnection of system with telephone facilities; interconnection by agreement or by order of commission.
• Section 66-1,145a Same; definitions.
• Section 66-1,150 Rules and regulations in conformance with federal pipeline safety act; application.
• Section 66-1,151 Violation of standards; penalty.
• Section 66-1,152 Same; compromise of penalty; alternative to civil penalty.
• Section 66-1,153 Fees for inspection and supervision authorized; gas pipeline safety standards.
• Section 66-1,154 Fees for inspection and supervision of gas pipeline safety standards.
• Section 66-1,155 Same; disposition of fees; gas pipeline inspection fee fund.
• Section 66-1,156 Same; frequency of remittances.
• Section 66-1,157 Same; default in certain payments; applicable provisions.
• Section 66-1,157a Gas pipelines, responsibility for maintenance.
• Section 66-1,157b Accidents or fires; investigation; possession of evidence.
• Section 66-1,157c Residential pipeline, inspection by city or county.
• Section 66-1,157d Destruction of pipeline signs or markers a crime.
• Section 66-1,158 Nuclear generation facility siting; definitions.
• Section 66-1,159 Same; permit required prior to site preparation or construction; application; hearing.
• Section 66-1,159a Same; applications, pending prior to amendment of act.
• Section 66-1,160 Same; notice of hearing.
• Section 66-1,161 Same; appointment of counsel to represent landowners' interests; counsel for individual landowners; intervening parties.
• Section 66-1,162 Same; hearing proceedings; transcript; costs; findings and decision; issuance of permit; construction authorized upon issuance of permit notwithstanding local zoning ordinances, resolutions or regulations.
• Section 66-1,163 Same; petition for reconsideration.
• Section 66-1,164 Judicial review of commission's actions.
• Section 66-1,165 Precedence of action for review.
• Section 66-1,168 Effective date of certain commission decisions.
• Section 66-1,169a Same; compilation by commission of statewide electric generation capacity forecast; hearings; information furnished by municipal utilities.
• Section 66-1,169b Same; proposed facilities outside of state; application of act.
• Section 66-1,169c Citation of act.
• Section 66-1,170 Definitions.
• Section 66-1,171 Declaration of public policy.
• Section 66-1,172 Division of state into exclusive electric service territories; certification of territories by commission; right to serve existing customers.
• Section 66-1,173 Rights and responsibilities of suppliers; exceptions.
• Section 66-1,174 Municipally owned or operated retail electric suppliers subject to commission jurisdiction; when.
• Section 66-1,175 Agreements between retail electric suppliers authorized; commission approval required.
• Section 66-1,176 Termination of service rights in annexed areas; right to serve existing customers, when; compensation for termination of service rights.
• Section 66-1,176a Severability.
• Section 66-1,176b Termination of service rights during period when a valid franchise is in effect; facilities to be acquired; compensation; formula.
• Section 66-1,176c Compensation of private retail electric supplier for certain electric system facilities acquired by city.
• Section 66-1,177 Electric transmission lines; definitions.
• Section 66-1,178 Same; siting of electric transmission lines; permit required; application, contents; hearings.
• Section 66-1,179 Same; notice of hearing.
• Section 66-1,180 Same; siting; proceedings; permit.
• Section 66-1,181 Judicial review of commission's actions.
• Section 66-1,182 Same; exemption of certain lines from act, local jurisdiction and environmental study requirements, when.
• Section 66-1,183 Same; duty of utility to restore land.
• Section 66-1,184 Contracts for parallel generation services between electric utilities and their customers; terms and conditions; duties of customer; renewable generation by certain community colleges, requirements, financing; generation included in state's energy generation by wind power.
• Section 66-1,184a Disposition of revenues from certain sales.
• Section 66-1,185 Jurisdiction of commission to comply with certain federal legislation.
• Section 66-1,186 Designation of commission to submit conservation plan to federal government.
• Section 66-1,187 Telecommunications public utility; definitions.
• Section 66-1,188 Same; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• Section 66-1,189 Service and facilities required; reasonable rules, classifications, regulations, rates, tolls and charges; hearing.
• Section 66-1,190 Telecommunications public utilities; publication and filing of rates, rules, regulations and contracts.
• Section 66-1,191 Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• Section 66-1,192 Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.
• Section 66-1,193 Orders and decisions of commission; service of copy upon utility; effective date.
• Section 66-1,194 Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• Section 66-1,195 Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; liability for damages.
• Section 66-1,196 Access to live operator required for certain calls.
• Section 66-1,197 TeleKansas I regulation extended.
• Section 66-1,200 Natural gas public utilities; definitions.
• Section 66-1,201 Same; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• Section 66-1,202 Natural gas public utilities; efficient and sufficient service; just and reasonable rates.
• Section 66-1,203 Same; publication and filing of rates, rules and regulations and contracts.
• Section 66-1,204 Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• Section 66-1,205 Same; investigations initiated by complaint; powers; hearings.
• Section 66-1,206 Same; commission orders and decisions.
• Section 66-1,207 Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• Section 66-1,208 Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; liability for damages.
• Section 66-1,209 Retail natural gas supplier; termination of service rights; compensation for termination of service rights.
• Section 66-1,210 Retail natural gas supplier; failure to renew franchise; compensation.
• Section 66-1,215 Common carriers; definitions.
• Section 66-1,216 Same; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• Section 66-1,217 Service and facilities required; reasonable rules, classifications, regulations, rates, tolls and charges; hearing; exception.
• Section 66-1,218 Same; publication and filing of rates, tolls and charges; copies of regulations and contracts; rules and regulations governing printing and filing of schedules of rates, tolls, charges and regulations; exception.
• Section 66-1,219 Same; investigations initiated by commission; powers.
• Section 66-1,220 Same; investigations initiated  by complaint; powers; hearings.
• Section 66-1,221 Orders and decisions of commission; service of copy upon carrier; effective date.
• Section 66-1,222 Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• Section 66-1,223 Same; general supervision and inspection of carriers; exception; liability for damages.
• Section 66-1,230 Miscellaneous public utilities; definitions.
• Section 66-1,231 Same; power, authority and jurisdiction of state corporation commission.
• Section 66-1,232 Services and facilities required; reasonable rules, classifications, regulations, rates, fares, tolls and charges; hearing.
• Section 66-1,233 Same; publication and filing of rates, tolls, fares and charges; copies of regulations and contracts; rules and regulations governing printing and filing of schedules of rates, tolls, fares, charges and regulations.
• Section 66-1,234 Investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• Section 66-1,235 Investigations initiated by commission; powers; hearings.
• Section 66-1,236 Orders and decisions of commission; service of copy upon utility; effective date.
• Section 66-1,237 Same; liberal construction; incidental powers granted.
• Section 66-1,238 Same; general supervision and inspection of utilities; damage liability.