Sec. 16-7. Right of entry. Penalty.
Sec. 16-7. Right of entry. Penalty. The commissioners and any employees of the
Department of Public Utility Control while engaged in the performance of their duties
may, at all reasonable times, enter any premises, buildings, cars or other places belonging
to or controlled by any public service company or electric supplier, and any person
obstructing or in any way causing to be obstructed or hindered any member or employee
of the department in the performance of his duties shall be fined not more than two
hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 5397; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 44,
348; P.A. 98-28, S. 82, 117.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 and P.A.
78-303 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business
regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to
abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998.
Cited. 162 C. 51.