§ 216A.02 — Definitions
Plain-Language Summary
This section defines key terms used in the public utilities regulation laws, including 'commission' (the Public Utilities Commission), 'commissioner' (the commissioner of commerce), and 'department' (the Department of Commerce).
216A.02 DEFINITIONS.
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Subdivision 1.Scope.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. §
Subd. 2.Legislative function.
“Legislative function” means the establishment and promulgation of all rules, orders and directives of general or particular applicability, governing the conduct of the regulated persons or businesses, together with such investigative procedures as are incident thereto and all other valid acts and procedures which are historically or functionally legislative in character. §
Subd. 3.Administrative function.
“Administrative function” means all duties and procedures concerning the execution and enforcement of the laws, rules, orders, directives, duties, and obligations imposed for the control and government of the persons or businesses regulated, together with investigative activities incident thereto and procedures inherently administrative or executive in character. §
Subd. 4.Quasi-judicial function.
“Quasi-judicial function” means the promulgation of all orders and directives of particular applicability governing the conduct of the regulated persons or businesses, together with procedures inherently judicial.
History:
1967 c 864 s 2; 1977 c 364 s 1
History: History: 1967 c 864 s 2; 1977 c 364 s 1