commission shall assess transmission and distribution utilities at |
a rate sufficient to produce $3,772,000 annually. The commission |
shall assess all other utilities at a rate sufficient to produce |
$1,733,000 annually. |
| applicable to each category of public utility is based on an |
| accounting by the commission of the portion of the commission's |
| resources devoted to matters related to each category.__The |
| commission shall develop a reasonable and practicable method of |
| accounting for resources devoted by the commission to matters |
| related to each category of public utility.__Assessments on each |
| public utility within each category must be based on the utility's |
| gross intrastate operating revenues. The commission shall |
| determine the assessments annually prior to May 1st and assess each |
| utility for its pro rata share for expenditure during the fiscal |
| year beginning July 1st. Each utility shall pay the assessment |
| charged to the utility on or before July 1st of each year. Any |
| increase in the assessment that becomes effective subsequent to May |
| 1st may be billed on the effective date of the act authorizing the |
| increase. |
