South Carolina Code 58-11-530. Hearing before one or more commissioners; approval and filing
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 58-11-530
- commission: means the Public Service Commission of the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
- commissioner: means one of the members of the Public Service Commission. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
- 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.
- public: means the public generally, or any limited portion of the public, including a person or corporation. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- radio common carrier: includes persons and corporations, their lessees, assignees, trustees, receivers, or other successors in interest now or hereafter owning or operating in this State equipment or facilities for the transmission of intelligence by a modulated radio frequency signal, for compensation to the public, including all things incident thereto and related to the operation of radio transmission, but shall not include telephone utilities or services regulated by Articles 1 through 13 of Chapter 9 of Title 58 of the 1976 Code. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
- regulatory staff: means the executive director or the executive director and the employees of the Office of Regulatory Staff. See South Carolina Code 58-11-10
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
Any hearing which the commission has power to hold may be held before any one or more of the commissioners, upon condition, however, that the commissioner or commissioners shall have been authorized by the commission to hold the hearing. Any determination, ruling, or order of a commissioner or commissioners, upon any hearing, shall not become effective until due notice has been given to the commission and the Office of Regulatory Staff and has been approved and confirmed by at least a quorum of the commission and ordered to be filed in its office; provided, that any such determination involving the fixing or regulation of general schedule of rates shall not become effective until due notice has been given the radio common carrier concerned and an opportunity has been given such carrier to be heard before, and the same has been approved and confirmed by, at least a quorum of the commission. Upon such confirmation and order, such determination, ruling, or order shall be the determination, ruling, or order of the commission. In any hearing now pending or which may hereafter be instituted, the commission is hereby authorized to employ a hearing officer who shall have power to administer oaths and receive evidence in any locality which the commission, having regard to the public convenience and the proper discharge of its functions and duties, may designate. The testimony and evidence so taken or received shall have the same force and effect as if taken or received by the commission, or any one or more of the commissioners as above provided.