(1) The members of the Public Service Commission shall be resident citizens of this state, registered voters, and, if members of or practitioners in any profession, in good standing according to the established standards of such profession. The members of the Public Service Commission shall be elected as provided in section 32-509. A candidate for the office of public service commissioner shall be a resident of the district from which he or she seeks election. Each public service commissioner shall be a resident of the district from which he or she is elected. Removal from the district shall cause a vacancy in the office of public service commissioner for the unexpired term.
(2) No person shall be eligible to the office of public service commissioner who is directly or indirectly interested in any common carrier or jurisdictional utility in the state or out of it or who is in any way or manner pecuniarily interested in any common carrier subject to Chapter 75 or 86. If any commissioner becomes so interested after election or appointment, his or her office shall become vacant, except that if any commissioner becomes so interested otherwise than voluntarily, he or she shall, within a reasonable time, divest himself or herself of such interest, and failing to do so, his or her office shall become vacant.
(3) A commissioner shall not hold any other office under the government of the United States, of this state, or of any other state and shall not, while such commissioner, engage in any other occupation.
For purposes of Chapter 75:
(a) Commission, when referring to a state agency, means the Public Service Commission; and
(b) Commissioner means a member of the commission.
Notes of Decisions
State ex rel. Quinn v. Marsh, 3 N.W.2d 892 (Neb. 1942).
· cites it 14× “On review the district court held that section 75-101, Comp. St. 1929, in so far as it provides that state railway commissioners shall be not less than 30 years of age is unconstitutional, null and void, and that such requirement as to age is arbitrary, unreasonable and…”
Myers v. Blair Tel. Co., 230 N.W.2d 190 (Neb. 1975).
· cites it 2× “1943, provides: “The commission shall investigate any and all cases of alleged neglect or violation of the laws of this state by any common carrier subject to the provisions of sections 75-101 to 75-801, doing business in this state, or by the officers, agents or employees…”
State ex rel. Taylor v. Hall, 262 N.W. 835 (Neb. 1935).
· cites it 2× “Also, section 75-101, fixing the salaries of railway commissioners at $3,000, increasing it to $3,400.”
State ex rel. State Ry. Comm'n v. Ramsey, 37 N.W.2d 502 (Neb. 1949).
“to regulate the rates and services of, and to exercise a general control over, all railroads, express companies, car companies, sleeping car companies, freight and freight-line companies, and all other common carriers engaged in the transportation of freight or passengers within…”
Saathoff v. JBH & Assocs., Inc., 278 N.W.2d 762 (Neb. 1979).
“1943, which provides, among other things, that the Commission “may, upon complaint or on the commission’s own initiative, after notice and hearing,” (emphasis supplied), suspend, revoke, or change a certificate of the carrier “for willful failure to comply with any of the…”
Herman Bros., Inc., Omaha v. Hennis Frgt. Lines, Inc., 220 N.W.2d 230 (Neb. 1974).
“1943, provides in part: “Any such permit or certificate may, upon application of the holder thereof, in the discretion of the commission, be revoked or may, upon complaint or on the commission’s own initiative, after notice and hearing, be suspended, changed or revoked in whole…”
In Re Application No. 30466, 230 N.W.2d 190 (Neb. 1975).
· cites it 2× “1943, provides: "The commission shall investigate any and all cases of alleged neglect or violation of the laws of this state by any common carrier subject to the provisions of sections 75-101 to 75-801, doing business in this state, or by the officers, agents or employees…”
United Tel. Co. of the West v. City of Kimball, 433 N.W.2d 502 (Neb. 1988).
“§ 75-129 (Reissue 1986) provides: The commission may hold sessions at any place in the state when deemed necessary to facilitate the discharge of its duties, and may conduct the hearing and other proceedings provided for in sections 75-101 to 75-801, or under any other law of…”
Dahlsten v. Harris, 211 N.W.2d 714 (Neb. 1973).
“The commission may revoke a common carrier’s operating authority for willful failure to comply with a commission rule or with sections 75-101 to 75-801, R. R. S. 1943.”
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