The rights, powers, authority, jurisdiction and duties by this title conferred upon the commission shall be exclusive and, in respect of rates and service regulations and equipment, shall be exercised notwithstanding any rights heretofore acquired by the public under any franchise, contract or agreement between any utility and municipality, county or municipal subdivision of the state, and shall be exercised, so far as they may be exercised consistently with the Constitution of the state and of the United States, notwithstanding any right heretofore so acquired by any such utility.
Ala. Code § 37-1-31
Exclusive Powers and Jurisdiction.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Taffet v. Southern Co. (1992)
Most recently applied in Taffet v. Southern Co. (July 1992)
(Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Code 1923, §9813; Code 1940, T. 48, §17.)
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.