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1 1 Section 1. Section 476.20, subsection 3, unnumbered
1 2 paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 The board shall establish rules which shall be uniform with
1 4 respect to all public utilities furnishing gas or electricity
1 5 relating to disconnection of service. In addition to any
1 6 other rules or requirements, the board shall provide for a
1 7 minimum of three business days' notice to a customer prior to
1 8 disconnecting electric or gas service as a result of tampering
1 9 with the equipment furnished and owned by the utility. This
1 10 subsection applies both to regulated utilities and to
1 11 municipally owned utilities and unincorporated villages which
1 12 own their own distribution systems, and violations of this
1 13 subsection subject the utilities to civil penalties under
1 14 section 476.51.
1 15 Sec. 2. EMERGENCY RULES. The utilities board shall adopt
1 16 administrative rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and
1 17 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the
1 18 provisions of this Act and the rules shall become effective
1 19 immediately upon filing, unless a later effective date is
1 20 specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with
1 21 the provisions of this section shall also be published as
1 22 notice of intended action as provided in section 17A.4.
1 23 EXPLANATION
1 24 This bill provides that an electric or gas utility must
1 25 provide no less than three business days' notice to a customer
1 26 prior to disconnecting electric or gas service as a result of
1 27 tampering with the equipment furnished and owned by the
1 28 utility.
1 29 The bill directs the board to adopt emergency
1 30 administrative rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and
1 31 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the
1 32 provisions of the bill and the rules are to become effective
1 33 immediately upon filing, unless a later effective date is
1 34 specified in the rules.
1 35 LSB 3635XS 76
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