Bill Text: NH HB1384 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to rehearings by the public utilities commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-27 - Signed by the Governor on 5/23/2014; Chapter 0024; Effective 7/22/2014 [HB1384 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1384-Introduced.html

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HB 1384 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2328

06/04

HOUSE BILL 1384

AN ACT relative to rehearings by the public utilities commission.

SPONSORS: Rep. Townsend, Graf 11

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the public utilities commission to reach a decision in a rehearing within 30 days.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2328

06/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to rehearings by the public utilities commission.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Public Utilities Commission; Rehearings. Amend RSA 365:21 to read as follows:

365:21 Rehearings and Appeals. The procedure for rehearings and appeals shall be that prescribed by RSA 541, except as herein otherwise provided. Notwithstanding RSA 541:5, upon the filing of a motion for rehearing, the commission shall within 30 days either grant or deny the motion, or suspend the order or decision complained of pending further consideration, and any order of suspension may be upon such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.