IN SB0177 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on April 23 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-23 - Public Law 45
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on April 23 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-04-23 - Public Law 45
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Water and wastewater infrastructure costs. Amends the law on distribution system improvement charges to allow the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to approve the petition of a public utility providing water or wastewater service for an adjustment of the public utility's basic rates and charges to provide for recovery of infrastructure improvement costs if the total adjustment revenues produced by approving the petition would not exceed 10% of the public utility's base revenue level approved by the IURC in the public utility's most recent general rate proceeding. (Under current law, the limit is 5% of the public utility's base revenue level.)
Title
Water and wastewater infrastructure costs. Amends the law on distribution system improvement charges to allow the utility regulatory commission (IURC) to approve the petition of a public utility providing water or wastewater service for an adjustment of the public utility's basic rates and charges to provide for recovery of infrastructure improvement costs if the total adjustment revenues produced by approving the petition would not exceed 10% of the public utility's base revenue level approved by the IURC in the public utility's most recent general rate proceeding. (Under current law, the limit is 5% of the public utility's base revenue level.)
Sponsors
| Sen. James Merritt [R] | Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R] | Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D] | Rep. Heath VanNatter [R] |
| Sen. Eric Koch [R] | Rep. Randall Frye [R] |
Roll Calls
2015-04-09 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2015-04-01 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2015-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-09 - Senate - Senate Committee on Environmental Affairs - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-04-01 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2015-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-09 - Senate - Senate Committee on Environmental Affairs - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-23 | Senate | Public Law 45 |
| 2015-04-23 | Senate | Signed by the Governor |
| 2015-04-22 | Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| 2015-04-21 | House | Signed by the Speaker |
| 2015-04-15 | Senate | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
| 2015-04-10 | House | Returned to the Senate without amendments |
| 2015-04-09 | House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 385: yeas 94, nays 0 |
| 2015-04-07 | House | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2015-04-02 | House | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| 2015-03-26 | House | Representative Frye added as cosponsor |
| 2015-03-02 | House | First Reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications |
| 2015-02-20 | Senate | Referred to the House |
| 2015-02-17 | Senate | Senator Randolph added as coauthor |
| 2015-02-17 | Senate | Representative Koch added as cosponsor |
| 2015-02-17 | Senate | Representative VanNatter added as sponsor |
| 2015-02-17 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 163: yeas 50, nays 0 |
| 2015-02-16 | Senate | Senator Charbonneau added as second author |
| 2015-02-12 | Senate | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| 2015-02-10 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| 2015-01-06 | Senate | First Reading: referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs |
| 2015-01-06 | Senate | Authored by Senator Merritt |
