Bill Text: IA HF2280 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act restricting the regulatory authority of the Iowa utilities board with regard to municipal utility disconnection of service requirements. (Formerly HSB 594)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-04 - Subcommittee, McCoy, Anderson, and Hatch. S.J. 466. [HF2280 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2280-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
594)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
restricting
the
regulatory
authority
of
the
Iowa
1
utilities
board
with
regard
to
municipal
utility
2
disconnection
of
service
requirements.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
476.1B,
subsection
1,
paragraph
e,
Code
1
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
e.
Disconnection
of
service,
as
set
forth
in
section
476.20
,
3
subsections
1
through
4
.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
relates
to
the
regulatory
authority
of
the
Iowa
8
utilities
board
with
regard
to
municipal
utility
disconnection
9
procedures.
10
Currently,
Code
section
476.1B
provides
that
a
municipally
11
owned
utility
is
not
subject
to
regulation
by
the
Iowa
12
utilities
board,
subject
to
certain
specified
exceptions.
One
13
such
exception
is
with
regard
to
disconnection
of
service,
as
14
provided
in
Code
section
476.20.
15
The
bill
modifies
this
reference
to
Code
section
476.20
to
16
limit
the
applicability
of
board
regulation
to
subsections
17
1
through
4
of
the
Code
section.
This
renders
provisions
18
contained
in
Code
section
476.20,
subsection
5,
regarding
the
19
board
establishing
rules
relating
to
deposits
which
may
be
20
required
by
a
utility
for
the
initiation
or
reinstatement
of
21
service,
inapplicable
to
municipal
utilities.
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