Sec. 4. (a) Within twenty (20) days after the entry or rendition of any final decision, ruling, or order of the commission, or within twenty (20) days after the entry or rendition of any determination of the commission upon a petition for rehearing duly filed pursuant to the rules of the commission, any person, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, city, town, or public utility desiring to appeal the cause to the court of appeals shall file with the commission a written request for the record, and the commission shall order that a certified transcript be prepared, containing all pleadings and papers filed, notices given and entered of record, proceedings had, testimony taken, and orders entered.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-3-4

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
  • 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.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
     (b) No extension of time shall be granted by the court of appeals for the filing of an assignment of errors and the transcript of the record, unless a showing be made that the written request for the record was duly filed within the time granted under this section.

Formerly: Acts 1957, c.189, s.4. As amended by P.L.3-1989, SEC.52; P.L.8-1993, SEC.120.

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