Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 8-1-2-91 (2025)
Grant of licenses, permits, or franchises; state corporations or citizens
✓ 2025 Indiana Code: the 2026 session is not included
Sec. 91. No license, permit or franchise to own, operate, manage or control any plant or equipment of any public utility shall be hereafter granted or transferred except to a corporation duly organized under the laws of the state of Indiana or to a citizen of such state.
Formerly: Acts 1913, c.76, s.99.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1985–2000 · leading case: Indiana Tel. Ass'n v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 477 N.E.2d 911 (Ind. Ct. App. 1985).
Indiana Tel. Ass'n v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 477 N.E.2d 911 (Ind. Ct. App. 1985). “ITA filed a motion to dismiss the MCI and GTE petitions alleging each petitioner is a foreign corporation and pursuant to Ind.Code Ann. § 8-1-2-91 (Burns 1982) (a section of the 1918 Public Service Commission Act) the Commission is prohibited from granting the requested…”
United States Gypsum, Inc. v. Indiana Gas Co., 735 N.E.2d 790 (Ind. 2000). “” Ind.Code § 8-1-2-91 (emphasis added). More generally, the primary focus of public utility regulation is ensuring that the utilities provide “reasonably adequate service and facilities.”
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