In 1911, the Kansas Legislature created a three member Public Utilities Commission to regulate telegraph and telephone companies, pipeline companies, common carriers, water, electric, gas and all power companies with the exception of those owned by municipalities. The members were appointed to three year terms by the governor with consent of the Senate. In 1920, the commission was abolished and its duties were transferred to the Court of Industrial Relations. The court consisted of three judges appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate for three-year terms. It assumed the duties of the Industrial Welfare Commission and the Commissioner of Labor and Industry in 1921. Simultaneously, the Public Utilities Commission was recreated in 1921. It assumed all powers and duties of the Court of Industrial Relations relative to public utilities and all acts relating to the former Public Utilities Commission. Both the commission and the Court of Industrial Relations were abolished in 1925 and the corresponding duties transferred to the Public Service Commission. The present regulatory body, the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas, was established by the Kansas Legislature in 1933. [State Corporation Commission, "About the KCC," http://www.kcc.state.ks.us/about/more_about.htm (Accessed September 23, 2008)] [Wilder, Bessie. Governmental Agencies of the State of Kansas, 1861-1946. Lawrence: Bureau of Government Research, University of Kansas, 1946.]
From the description of Records of the Kansas Public Utilities Commission, 1911-1925. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 692476400
