Indiana § 8-1-17.5-25 Jurisdiction of commission

Indiana Statutes

§ 8-1-17.5-25 — Jurisdiction of commission

Indiana § 8-1-17.5-25

Art. 1UTILITIES GENERALLY

Ch. 17.5Merger or Consolidation of Rural Electric

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Ind. Code § 8-1-17.5-25 (2026).

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Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may exercise jurisdiction over a surviving corporation or successor corporation formed under this chapter only to do the following:

(1)Ensure compliance with IC 8-1-2.8 concerning the provision of dual party relay services to deaf, hard of hearing, and speech impaired persons in Indiana.

(2)Enforce rules adopted under IC 8-1-29 to ensure that a customer of a telecommunications provider is not:

(A)switched to another telecommunications provider unless the customer authorizes the switch; or

(B)billed for services by a telecommunications provider that without the customer's authorization added the services to the customer's service order.

(3)Conduct proceedings under the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) concernin

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Notwithstanding any other law, the
commission may exercise jurisdiction over a surviving corporation or
successor corporation formed under this chapter only to do the
following:
(1) Ensure compliance with IC 8-1-2.8 concerning the provision
of dual party relay services to deaf, hard of hearing, and speech
impaired persons in Indiana.
(2) Enforce rules adopted under IC 8-1-29 to ensure that a
customer of a telecommunications provider is not:
(A) switched to another telecommunications provider unless the
customer authorizes the switch; or
(B) billed for services by a telecommunications provider that
without the customer's authorization added the services to the
customer's service order.
(3) Conduct proceedings under the federal Telecommunications
Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) concerning universal service
and access to telecommunications service and equipment,
including the designation of eligible telecommunications carriers
under 47 U.S.C. 214.
(4) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.6-1.5 or IC 8-1-2-5.
(5) Issue or maintain certificates of territorial authority for
communications service providers under IC 8-1-32.5.
(6) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-34 to issue and
maintain certificates of franchise authority to multichannel video
programming distributors offering video service to Indiana
customers.
(7) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.6-13(c)(8)
concerning the reporting of information by communications
service providers.
(8) Fulfill the commission's duties under any state or federal law
concerning the administration of any universally applicable
dialing code for any communications service.
(9) Perform the commission's duties under IC 8-1-2.3 with respect
to assigned service areas for electricity suppliers.
(10) Issue:
(A) certificates of public convenience and necessity, certificates
of territorial authority, and indeterminate permits under IC 8-1-2;
(B) certificates of public convenience and necessity under IC 8-1-8.5; or
(C) certificates of public convenience and necessity under IC 8-1-8.7.
(11) Determine territorial disputes between water utilities under
IC 8-1.5-6.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.18-2010, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.219-2011, SEC.2; P.L.109-2012, SEC.11; P.L.256-2013, SEC.13; P.L.213-2014, SEC.5; P.L.156-2017, SEC.3; P.L.73-2020, SEC.3; P.L.214-2025, SEC.4.