Each public service company and electric supplier subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall, in the event of any accident attended with personal injury or involving public safety, which was or may have been connected with or due to the operation of its or his property, or caused by contact with the wires of any public service company or electric supplier, notify the authority thereof, by telephone or otherwise, as soon as may be reasonably possible after the occurrence of such accident, unless such accident is a minor accident, as defined by regulations of the authority. Each such person, company or electric supplier shall report such minor accidents to the authority in writing, in summary form, once each month. If notice of such accident, other than a minor accident, is given otherwise than in writing, it shall be confirmed in writing within five days after the occurrence of such accident. Any person, company or electric supplier failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.

(1949 Rev., S. 5406; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-254; 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 42; P.A. 80-482, S. 52, 348; P.A. 94-242, S. 1, 9; P.A. 98-28, S. 87, 117; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-254 added special provisions for reporting minor accidents; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 deleted reference to companies operating motor buses or taxicabs; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 94-242 deleted references to persons or companies operating motor vehicles in livery service and motor common or contract carriers of property for hire, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.