Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.55 (2026)

Additional reports; verification; rules of commission; penalties.

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MICHIGAN PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

Act 419 of 1919

460.55 Additional reports; verification; rules of commission; penalties.

Sec. 5.

In addition to the reports now required to be made by any public utility under the laws of the state relating to the Michigan railroad commission, it shall be competent for the public utilities commission to require the making of such additional and further reports and the supplying of such data as is reasonably necessary for the proper performance of the powers and duties hereby contemplated. Any report required to be made by a utility operated and controlled by a corporation, joint stock company or association shall be verified by the affidavit of the president and secretary thereof. In all other cases such verification shall be made by the owner, or 1 of them, or by the general manager. Said commission shall have power and authority to make, adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the conduct of its business and the proper discharge of its functions hereunder, and all persons dealing with the commission or interested in any matter or proceedings pending before it shall be bound by such rules and regulations. The commission shall also have authority to make and prescribe regulations for the conducting of the business of public utilities, subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and it shall be the duty of every corporation, joint stock company, association or individual owning, managing or operating any such utility to obey such rules and regulations. Any such corporation, joint stock company, association or individual refusing or neglecting so to do, or refusing or neglecting to make any report required hereunder, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than 100 dollars nor more than 1,000 dollars; and the officer or individual in default shall also be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than 10 dollars nor more than 1,000 dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not more than 6 months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

History: 1919, Act 419, Imd. Eff. May 15, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 11010 ;-- CL 1948, 460.55

AdminRule Notes:

R 460.511 et seq.; R 460.915 et seq.; R 460.1451 et seq.; R 460.1951 et seq.; R 460.2011 et seq.; R 460.2051 et seq.; R 460.2101 et seq.; R 460.2211 et seq.; R 460.2501 et seq.; R 460.2601 et seq.; and R 460.3101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1967–2018 · leading case: Midland Cogeneration Venture Ltd. P'ship v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 501 N.W.2d 573 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993).

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Midland Cogeneration Venture Ltd. P'ship v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 501 N.W.2d 573 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “We find these conditions to be authorized by § 5 of the Public Utilities Commission Act, MCL 460.55; MSA 22.5, which provides, in clear and unmistakable language, specific statutory authority for the regulatory agency to require any regulated public utility to make such reports…”

Union Carbide Corp. v. Pub. Serv. Comm'n, 428 N.W.2d 322 (Mich. 1988). “[MCL 460.55; MSA 22.5.] But § 5 is not applicable to the facts of this case.”

People v. Mallory, 147 N.W.2d 66 (Mich. 1967). · cites it 2× “There are instances in the Michigan statutory law in which offenses are named misdemeanors and for which the maximum penalty fixed exceeds $100 fine or 3 months' imprisonment or both.”

MICHIGAN Elec. & GAS ASS'N v. Michigan Pub. Serv. Comm., 652 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “§ 460.55; see also Union Carbide Corp, supra at 152, 428 N.”

In re Pub. Serv. Comm'n Guidelines for Transactions between Affiliates, 652 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). “” MCL 460.55; see also Union Carbide Corp, supra at 152.”

in Re Application of Dte Elec. Co. to Increase Rates (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “While the MPSC may have the ability to create rules and regulations “for the conducting of the business of public utilities,” MCL 460.55, that authority is not implicated in this case, see Union Carbide Corp, 431 Mich at 152 (distinguishing between the PSC’s authority to act in…”

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