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SB 1176 State Corporation Commission; natural gas utilities, investigative reports.

Introduced by: Jeremy S. McPike | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

State Corporation Commission; natural gas utilities; investigative reports. Requires the State Corporation Commission, within 30 days following receipt of a written request, to make available for public inspection a report regarding the finalized enforcement action or investigation regarding the death or personal injury necessitating inpatient hospitalization of any person or damage to property exceeding $50,000 resulting from a leak or other incident involving the intrastate facilities of a natural gas utility operator. The measure prohibits such a report from revealing infrastructure information regarding certain buildings, structures, or facilities; risk assessment information not provided to the public by the utility operator; certain security plans and measures; confidential or sensitive information; proprietary information; and information that would jeopardize the safety or security of any person, governmental facility, building, or structure, or private commercial office, residential, or retail building.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

State Corporation Commission; natural gas utilities; investigative reports. Requires the State Corporation Commission to make available for public inspection any records and reports regarding investigations by the Commission of death or injury to any person or damage to property resulting from a leak or other incident involving facilities of a natural gas utility. The measure provides certain exemptions to the disclosure requirement if such disclosure would jeopardize the safety or security of any person, structure, information technology system, or software program.