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MS HB1522

Bill

Status

Failed

3/5/2024

Primary Sponsor

Gene Newman

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Public utility owners or operators must be responsible for installation, maintenance, and repair of underground utility lines from the point of transmission or nearest roadway to the metering device at the customer's premises.

  • Public utilities are prohibited from soliciting or requiring customers to enroll in utility line protection plans or home service repair plans as a condition of maintaining service.

  • Adds three new definitions to Section 77-3-3, Mississippi Code of 1972: "underground facility," "underground utility lines," and "demarcation point" to clarify responsibility boundaries between utilities and customers.

  • The act takes effect July 1, 2024.

Legislative Description

Public utilities; require owners or operators of to be responsible for maintaining underground lines up to the meter.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/5/2024

Committee Referrals

Public Utilities2/19/2024

Full Bill Text

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