§ 8-1-1-8.1 — Duty of commission to provide live transmission of certain proceedings; policy governing live transmission of commission proceedings

Indiana § 8-1-1-8.1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 1: UTILITIES GENERALLY
• Ch. 1: Utility Regulatory Commission

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1. (a) As used in this section, "commission
proceeding" means a hearing for which notice is provided under section
8 of this chapter.
(b) The commission shall provide on a publicly accessible platform
of the commission's choice a live transmission of any commission
proceeding that will include:
(1) an examination of witnesses;
(2) a nonprocedural discussion between one (1) or more parties to
the commission proceeding;
(3) questions from one (1) or more of the commissioners
regarding the substance of the case; or
(4) a contested procedural matter.
(c) The commission shall issue a general administrative order to
implement a policy that governs the live transmission of commission
proceedings and that includes the following:
(1) For a commission proceeding that the commission determines
is not subject to live transmission under subsection (b), a process
by which members of the public may request the live transmission
of the commission proceeding.
(2) For any commission proceeding for which the commission
will provide a live transmission, whether under subsection (b) or
upon a request made under subdivision (1), the following:
(A) A process by which members of the public may access the
live transmission of the commission proceeding.
(B) A process for:
(i) archiving the live transmission of the commission
proceeding; and
(ii) members of the public to access or request the archived
live transmission of the commission proceeding.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.68-2024, SEC.2.