Section 476.9. Accounts rendered to board.

  1.  Every public utility shall keep and render to the board in the manner and form prescribed by the board uniform accounts of all business transacted.

  2.  Every public utility engaged directly or indirectly in any other business than that of the production, transmission or furnishing of heat, light, water or power or furnishing communications services to the public shall, if required by the board, keep and render separately to the board in like manner and form the accounts of all such other business, in which case all the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the books, accounts, papers and records of such other business and all profits and losses may be taken into consideration by the board if deemed relevant to the general fiscal condition of the public utility.

  3.  Every public utility is required to keep and render its books, accounts, papers and records accurately and faithfully in the manner and form prescribed by the board, and to comply with all directions of the board relating to such books, accounts, papers and records.

  4.  The board shall consult with other state and federal regulatory bodies for the purpose of eliminating accounting discrepancies with regard to the keeping of public utility accounts before prescribing any system of accounts to be kept by the public utility.

[C66, 71, 73, 75, §490A.9; C77, 79, 81, §476.9]