Show fUTILITY UTILITY COMMISSION POWER INCREASED INCREASED UTILITIES S. S B B. B Maw Reorganizes Utah's public utilities commission and changes its ils name to lo the public service commission The commission commission commis commis- sion under the bill as amended would consist of three members to be appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed by the governor with wilh the theo consent o the senate at salaries of per year each The term would be six years and ind nd commissioners would be required to lo devote substantially substantially sub all aU of their time lime to lo their duties II U. U B. B 55 5 Lamoreaux Lamoreaux Requires Requires utilities to lo bear 75 per cent of ot th the cost of supporting the public utilities t ties lies es commission through an assessment assessment assess assess- ment based on gross income earned within the state S. S B. B Maw Maw Provides Provides des that utilities shall be taxed on the ba basis is isor of or tangible property properly on which they are re entitled to lo earn a fair return It is provided however that thai the assessment assessment as as- shall be made in the same proportion to lo true Irue value luc in money as that of or all other tangible properly property property prop prop- erty erly in the state stale II II it B. B 48 Lamoreaux Forbids m merger of ot gas electric or telephone public Utilities without approval of the public utilities commission H. H B. B 68 Lamoreaux Provides Lamoreaux-Provides Provides that thai utilities shall submit all proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed payments of or dividends on common com corn cornmon mon mon stock stoc for or the approval o of the public Utilities commission Should the commission believe that payment would endanger er capital or service ervice of the companies it may enjoin the action |