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2009 SESSION

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HB 1729 Electric transmission lines; locality may request an electric utility to install underground, etc.

Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Undergrounding electric transmission lines.  Authorizes the governing body of any locality to enter into an agreement with an electric utility that provides that the locality will impose an assessment on customers in a special rate district to cover the utility's additional costs of constructing, operating, and maintaining the proposed line as an underground rather than an overhead line. Currently, only the Counties of Fauquier, Loudoun, and Stafford and the Towns of Hamilton, Leesburg, and Purcellville are authorized to enter into such agreements.

FULL TEXT

• 01/06/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090097468  pdf
• 02/05/09  House: Committee substitute printed 090207468-H1  pdf
• 02/28/09  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1729ER)  pdf
• 03/27/09  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/06/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090097468
• 01/06/09  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/26/09  House: Assigned C & L sub: 3 Energy
• 02/04/09  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
• 02/05/09  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
• 02/05/09  House: Committee substitute printed 090207468-H1
• 02/08/09  House: Read first time
• 02/09/09  House: Read second time
• 02/09/09  House: Committee substitute agreed to 090207468-H1
• 02/09/09  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1729H1
• 02/10/09  House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N)
• 02/10/09  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (97-Y 1-N)
• 02/11/09  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/11/09  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
• 02/17/09  Senate: Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N)
• 02/19/09  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/09  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/23/09  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 02/24/09  Senate: Read third time
• 02/24/09  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 02/24/09  Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 1-N)
• 02/28/09  House: Enrolled
• 02/28/09  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1729ER)
• 02/28/09  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/28/09  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/27/09  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (effective 7/1/09)
• 03/27/09  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)