2007 Minnesota Statutes

216B.12 RIGHT OF ENTRANCE; INSPECTION.
    Subdivision 1. Authority of commission and department. The commissioners and the duly
authorized officers and employees of the department, during business hours, may enter upon any
premises occupied by any public utility for the purpose of making examinations and tests and
to inspect the accounts, books, papers, and documents of any public utility for the purpose of
exercising any power provided for in Laws 1974, chapter 429, and may set up and use on the
premises any apparatus and appliance necessary therefor. Such public utility shall have the right
to be represented at the making of the examinations, tests, and inspections. The public utility, its
officers and employees, shall facilitate the examinations, tests, and inspections by giving every
reasonable aid to the commissioners and any person or persons designated by the department for
the duties aforesaid.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1981 c 142 s 3]
History: 1974 c 429 s 12