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SB 85 Public utilities; regulation of rates and service, procedures of the State Corporation Commission.
Introduced by: Thomas A. Garrett | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Regulation of water and sewer utilities. Makes water and sewer companies subject to the rules of the State Corporation Commission (SCC) regarding meetings and communications between SCC commissioners and any party, or between commissioners and staff, concerning any fact or issue arising out of a proceeding involving the regulation of rates, charges, services, or facilities of a utility. The bill requires a public utility to send notice of a proposed rate increase electronically to customers who receive bills electronically. Every public utility providing water or sewer service is required to publish notice of changes in rates, tolls, charges, rules, and regulations at least once in one or more newspapers in circulation in its franchise area. The measure bars the SCC from dispensing with notice requirements applicable to water and sewer companies. This bill is identical to HB 611.
FULL TEXT
- 12/22/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100553D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105313D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB85ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191) pdf
HISTORY
- 12/22/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100553D
- 12/22/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/08/16 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105313D-S1
- 02/10/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105313D-S1
- 02/11/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB85S1
- 02/11/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/16 House: Read first time
- 02/15/16 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/18/16 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/16 House: Read second time
- 02/22/16 House: Read third time
- 02/22/16 House: Passed House (99-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/22/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/23/16 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/23/16 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB85ER)
- 02/23/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/16 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/16
- 02/23/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 1, 2016
- 03/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 191 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0191)