§ 98-26. Definitions.

(a)

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Public utility includes every entity defined as a public utility in the P.U.R. Act doing business within the city and whose rates and services are subject to regulation by the city council.

P.U.R. Act means the Public Utility Regulatory Act, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 1446c-O.

Regulatory chain means the mayor, the city council, the city attorney, the city manager and any other employees of the city whose duties are directly connected, in whole or in part, with the regulation of rates and services of public utilities. Staff members employed by the persons enumerated in this definition are in the regulatory chain when their assigned duties relate to the regulation of public utility rates and services. City employees who deal with public utilities on matters not involving the regulation of rates and services are not within the regulatory chain.

(b)

Definitions of terms in the P.U.R. Act are adopted in this section by reference for the purposes of this article.

(Code 1967, § 31-70; Ord. No. 2045, § 1, 7-22-76)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.