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IN HB1060

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/5/2016

Primary Sponsor

David Ober

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires municipalities to add two members to utility service boards within 60 days after a final disposition granting exclusive authority to provide water or wastewater service in a regulated territory outside municipal boundaries.

  • Both new members must be residents of the approved regulated territory, with one appointed by the municipality's executive and one by the legislative body.

  • New members must represent affected communities and geographic areas within the regulated territory as nearly as possible and cannot be from the same political party.

  • New members serve terms equal to other board members with staggered initial terms and may only vote on matters concerning municipal water or wastewater utilities.

  • Applies only to utility service boards established before March 28, 2016, for municipalities that adopted regulatory ordinances after December 31, 2012, and filed wholesale sewage petitions.

Legislative Description

Water and wastewater utility service territories. Requires the appointment of two additional members to a utility service board serving a municipal water, wastewater, or combined water and wastewater utility not later than 60 days after the effective date of the final disposition in a proceeding involving the provision of utility service in a regulated territory outside the municipal boundaries of the municipality owning or operating the municipal utility. Sets forth conditions for the appointment of the additional members.

Last Action

Representatives Beumer and Morris added as coauthors

1/11/2016

Committee Referrals

Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications1/5/2016

Full Bill Text

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