216B.12 RIGHT OF ENTRANCE; INSPECTION.
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216B.12 RIGHT OF ENTRANCE; INSPECTION.
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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.
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Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1981 c 142 s 3 ]