476.13 - JUDICIAL REVIEW.

        476.13  JUDICIAL REVIEW.         1.  Notwithstanding the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter      17A, the district court for Polk county or for the county in which a      public utility maintains its principal place of business has      exclusive venue for the judicial review under chapter 17A of actions      of the board pursuant to rate-regulatory powers over that public      utility.         2.  Upon the filing of a petition for judicial review in an action      referred to in subsection 1, the clerk of the district court shall      notify the chief justice of the supreme court for purposes of      assignment of a district judge under section 602.1212.  The judicial      review proceeding shall be heard by the district judge appointed by      the supreme court under section 602.1212, but in the county of venue      under subsection 1.         3.  Notwithstanding the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter      17A, if a public utility seeks judicial review of an order approving      rates for the public utility, the level of rates that may be      collected, under bond and subject to refund, while the appeal is      pending shall be limited to the level of the temporary rates set by      the board, or the level of the final rates set by the board,      whichever is greater.  During the period the judicial review      proceeding is pending, the board shall retain jurisdiction to      determine the rate of interest to be paid on any refunds eventually      required on rates collected during judicial review.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C66, 71, 73, 75, § 490A.13; C77, 79, 81, § 476.13] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         83 Acts, ch 127, § 29; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §114         Referred to in § 602.1212         See § 478.32, 479.32