Kansas Statutes 66-1503. Ascertainment of expenditures by corporation commission; assessment; limitation; disposition of proceeds
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 66-1503
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) (1) The state corporation commission shall determine within 15 days after each quarter-year for each such quarter-year, the total amount of its expenditures during such period of time and the total amount of expenditures of the citizens’ utility ratepayer board during such period of time. The total amount shall include the salaries of members and employees and all other lawful expenditures of the commission and the board, including all expenditures in connection with investigations or appraisals made under the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-1502, and amendments thereto, except that there shall not be included in such total amount of expenditures for the purpose of this section the expenditures during such period of time which are otherwise provided for by fees and assessments made under other existing laws for the regulation of motor carriers or for administering the oil proration and the oil and gas conservation laws.
(2) From the amount determined under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the commission shall deduct (A) all amounts collected under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-1502, and amendments thereto, during such period of time and (B) the amounts of all fees collected during such period of time under the provisions of subsection (b)(1) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-1a01, and amendments thereto.
(3) To the remainder after making the deductions under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the commission shall add such amount as in its judgment may be required to satisfy any deficiency in the prior assessment period’s assessment and to provide for anticipated increases in necessary expenditures for the current assessment period.
(b) The amount determined under subsection (a) shall be assessed by the commission against all public utilities and common carriers subject to the jurisdiction of the commission and shall not exceed, during any fiscal year, the greater of $100 or 0.2% of the respective utility’s or common carrier’s gross operating revenues derived from intrastate operation as reflected in the last annual report filed with the commission pursuant to Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-123, and amendments thereto, prior to the beginning of the commission’s fiscal year or made available to the commission upon request. Such assessment shall be paid to the commission within 15 days after the notice of assessment has been mailed to such public utilities and common carriers, which notice of assessment shall constitute demand of payment thereof.
(c) The commission shall remit all moneys received by or for it for the assessment imposed under this section to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury. Ten percent of each such deposit shall be credited to the state general fund and the balance shall be credited to the public service regulation fund.