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S 0338 - Requires a water or sewer utility regulated by the Public Service Commission to establish customer classes based on geographic service location

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: David Climer
Last Action: 1/10/2019 - Senate - Committed to Committee on Judiciary
Senate Committee: Judy
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Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires a water or sewer utility subject to the Public Service Commission's supervision and regulation to establish customer classes based on geographic service location, and to provide that a customer in one class must not pay for construction, maintenance or improvement of pipes or other equipment that provide service to customers in a separate geographic service location class. 


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S 0338 General Bill, By Climer
Summary: Water and sewer utilities
    A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 7, CHAPTER 5, TITLE 58 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES' ADEQUACY OF SERVICE, BY ADDING SECTION 58-5-715, TO REQUIRE THAT A WATER OR SEWER UTILITY SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION'S SUPERVISION AND REGULATION MUST ESTABLISH CUSTOMER CLASSES BASED UPON GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE LOCATION, TO PROVIDE THAT A CLASS BASED UPON GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE LOCATION CONSISTS OF CUSTOMERS WHO ARE SERVED BY A WATER OR SEWER UTILITY FOR WHICH THE UTILITY'S SYSTEM COMPONENTS THAT PROVIDE THE SERVICE TO THOSE CUSTOMERS ARE PHYSICALLY CONNECTED AND THIS CLASS IS IN ADDITION TO OTHER TYPES OF CUSTOMER CLASSES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A CUSTOMER IN A GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE LOCATION CLASS MUST NOT PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE UTILITY'S PIPES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT PROVIDES SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS IN A SEPARATE GEOGRAPHIC SERVICE LOCATION CLASS.
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01/08/19Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 189)
01/08/19Senate Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate Journal-page 189)
01/10/19Senate Recalled from Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources (Senate Journal-page 2)
01/10/19Senate Committed to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 2)



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