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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 577 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 4, by inserting after line 35 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. ___. Section 476.20, Code 2001, is amended 1 5 by adding the following new subsection: 1 6 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. a. The board shall establish 1 7 rules relating to payment plans for consumers, which 1 8 rules shall be uniform with respect to all public 1 9 utilities furnishing gas or electricity, including but 1 10 not limited to regulated utilities, municipally owned 1 11 utilities and unincorporated villages that own their 1 12 own distribution systems, and rural electric 1 13 cooperatives. 1 14 b. When a residential customer is subject to 1 15 disconnection of service, or has had service 1 16 disconnected, due to inability to pay for utility 1 17 service, the utility shall offer the residential 1 18 customer the opportunity to enter into a reasonable 1 19 agreement to pay the outstanding debt to the utility, 1 20 unless the customer is in default on a payment 1 21 agreement." 1 22 #2. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 1 23 word "electric" the following: "policy, including". 1 24 #3. Title page, line 11, by inserting after the 1 25 word "agencies;" the following: "providing for 1 26 consumer payment plans for utility bills;". 1 27 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 HATCH of Polk 1 32 HF 577.509 79 1 33 jj/pj
Text: H01270 Text: H01272 Text: H01200 - H01299 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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