§ 49-20-01 Definitions
§ 49-20-02 Commission to regulate operation and maintenance of electrical lines
§ 49-20-03 Applications – Specifications – Drawings – Prerequisites to construction
§ 49-20-04 Hearing upon application – Time – Witnesses – Evidence
§ 49-20-05 Grant of application without hearing
§ 49-20-06 Apportionment of costs
§ 49-20-08 Municipalities – Complaints – Hearings
§ 49-20-09 Regulatory nature of measures – Penalty for violation
§ 49-20-10 Commission may require extension of electric transmission lines
§ 49-20-11 Appeals from orders of commission
§ 49-20-12.1 Notice of change in topography of lands under or adjacent to electric transmission or telecommunications lines
§ 49-20-15 Liability of electric companies for inductive interference
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Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 49-20 - Electric Companies

  • 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.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37