Article 15 Section 3 - Power of commission as to classifications, rates and charges, rules, contracts, and accounts; local regulation
3. Power of commission as to classifications, rates
and charges, rules, contracts, and accounts; local regulation
Section 3. The corporation commission shall have full power to,
and shall, prescribe just and reasonable classifications to be used and just
and reasonable rates and charges to be made and collected, by public service
corporations within the state for service rendered therein, and make
reasonable rules, regulations, and orders, by which such corporations shall be
governed in the transaction of business within the state, and may prescribe
the forms of contracts and the systems of keeping accounts to be used by such
corporations in transacting such business, and make and enforce reasonable
rules, regulations, and orders for the convenience, comfort, and safety, and
the preservation of the health, of the employees and patrons of such
corporations; Provided, that incorporated cities and towns may be authorized
by law to exercise supervision over public service corporations doing business
therein, including the regulation of rates and charges to be made and
collected by such corporations; Provided further, that classifications, rates,
charges, rules, regulations, orders, and forms or systems prescribed or made
by said corporation commission may from time to time be amended or repealed by
such commission.