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a.The consumer advocate shall determine the advocate’s expenses, including a
reasonable allocation of general office expenses, directly attributable to the performance
of the advocate’s duties involving specific persons subject to direct assessment, and shall
certify the expenses to the utilities commission not less than quarterly. The expenses shall
then be includable in the expenses of the commission subject to direct assessment under
section 476.10.
b.The consumer advocate shall annually, within ninety days after the close of each
fiscal year, determine the advocate’s expenses, including a reasonable allocation of general
office expenses, attributable to the performance of the advocate’s duties generally, and shall
certify the expenses to the utilities commission. The expenses shal
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1. a. The consumer advocate shall determine the advocate’s expenses, including a
reasonable allocation of general office expenses, directly attributable to the performance
of the advocate’s duties involving specific persons subject to direct assessment, and shall
certify the expenses to the utilities commission not less than quarterly. The expenses shall
then be includable in the expenses of the commission subject to direct assessment under
section 476.10.
b. The consumer advocate shall annually, within ninety days after the close of each
fiscal year, determine the advocate’s expenses, including a reasonable allocation of general
office expenses, attributable to the performance of the advocate’s duties generally, and shall
certify the expenses to the utilities commission. The expenses shall then be includable in
the expenses of the commission subject to remainder assessment under section 476.10.
2. The consumer advocate is entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard in any utilities
commissionproceedingonobjectiontoanassessmentforexpensescertifiedbytheconsumer
advocate. Expensesassessedunderthissectionshallnotexceedtheamountappropriatedfor
the consumer advocate division of the department of justice.
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3. The office of consumer advocate may expend additional funds, including funds for
outside consultants, if those additional expenditures are actual expenses which exceed the
funds budgeted for the performance of the advocate’s duties. Before the office expends or
encumbers an amount in excess of the funds budgeted, the director of the department of
management shall approve the expenditure or encumbrance. Before approval is given, the
directorofthedepartmentofmanagementshalldeterminethattheexpensesexceedthefunds
budgeted by the general assembly to the office of consumer advocate and that the office does
not have other funds from which such expenses can be paid. Upon approval of the director
of the department of management, the office may expend and encumber funds for excess
expenses. The amounts necessary to fund the excess expenses shall be collected from those
utilities or persons which caused the excess expenditures, and the collections shall be treated
as appropriated receipts as defined in section 8.2.