12-8,111. Certificates of public convenience for municipal energy agencies; jurisdiction of corporation commission.

12-8,111

Chapter 12.--CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES
Article 8.--PUBLIC UTILITIES

      12-8,111.   Certificates of public convenience for municipal energy agencies; jurisdiction of corporation commission. (a) The provisions of K.S.A. 12-885 to 12-8,109, inclusive, and any provisions amendatory or supplemental thereto, shall constitute a certificate of public convenience, and any municipal energy agency is authorized to operate as a public utility pursuant to such provisions without obtaining a certificate described in K.S.A. 66-131 or any amendments thereto.

      (b)   Except with respect to such certificate described in subsection (a), any municipal energy agency created under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-885 to 12-8,109, inclusive, and any provisions amendatory or supplemental thereto, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission in the same manner as a public utility.

      History:   L. 1981, ch. 255, § 2; April 25.