House
Study
Bill
594
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SCHULTZ)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
restricting
the
regulatory
authority
of
the
Iowa
1
utilities
board
with
regard
to
the
deposit
and
debt
2
collection
policies
of
municipal
utilities.
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
other
than
in
connection
with
deposit
and
debt
collection
4
policies
and
practices
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
476.20,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
6
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
7
follows:
8
The
board
shall
establish
rules
which
shall
be
uniform
with
9
respect
to
all
public
utilities
furnishing
gas
or
electricity
,
10
other
than
municipal
utilities
as
provided
in
section
476.1B,
11
relating
to
deposits
which
may
be
required
by
the
public
12
utility
for
the
initiation
or
reinstatement
of
service.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
the
regulatory
authority
of
the
Iowa
17
utilities
board
with
regard
to
municipal
utility
disconnection
18
procedures.
19
Currently,
Code
section
476.1B
provides
that
a
municipally
20
owned
utility
is
not
subject
to
regulation
by
the
Iowa
21
utilities
board,
subject
to
certain
specified
exceptions.
One
22
such
exception
is
with
regard
to
disconnection
of
service,
as
23
provided
in
Code
section
476.20.
24
The
bill
modifies
this
provision
to
provide
that
a
25
municipally
owned
utility
is
subject
to
regulatory
action
26
pertaining
to
disconnection
of
service,
other
than
in
27
connection
with
deposit
and
debt
collection
policies
and
28
practices.
The
bill
makes
a
corresponding
change
in
Code
29
section
476.20
to
specify
that
the
disconnection
provisions
30
contained
therein
do
not
apply
to
municipally
owned
utilities.
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