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IN SB0347
Bill
AI Summary
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Repeals IC 8-1-30.5 effective January 1, 2016 (retroactive), eliminating requirements for water utilities to annually report operations and maintenance costs to the utility regulatory commission.
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Creates new Chapter 30.7 establishing a non-revenue water auditing program requiring water utilities to conduct annual audits using American Water Works Association (AWWA) M-36 standards and submit results to the Indiana Finance Authority.
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Directs the Indiana Finance Authority to prepare and submit a report on non-revenue water and water loss in Indiana to the legislative services agency by November 1, 2017, after consulting with relevant state agencies, political subdivisions, and water utilities.
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Requires the Indiana Finance Authority to perform quality assurance reviews of water resources data compiled from reports submitted by significant water withdrawal facilities beginning with 1985 data.
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Directs the Indiana Finance Authority to study and analyze infrastructure needs of Indiana water utilities and submit a report by November 1, 2016.
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New Chapter 30.7 expires July 1, 2018; water resources data quality assurance section expires January 1, 2017; infrastructure analysis section expires January 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Water resources. Repeals the law requiring all water utilities to annually report to the utility regulatory commission on the utilities' operations and maintenance costs in providing water service to their customers. Requires the Indiana finance authority (authority), before November 1, 2017, to prepare and submit in an electronic format to the executive director of the legislative services agency a report on non-revenue water (the difference between the volume of water entering a water distribution system and the volume of water consumption billed to customers served by the water distribution system) and water loss in Indiana. Requires the authority to perform
Last Action
Public Law 102
3/22/2016