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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 476.20, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2001, 1 2 are amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. a. The board shall establish rules requiring a 1 4 regulated public utility furnishing gas or electricity to 1 5 include in the utility's notice of pending disconnection of 1 6 service a written statement advising the customer that the 1 7 customer may be eligible to participate in the low income home 1 8 energy assistance program or weatherization assistance program 1 9 administered by the division of community action agencies of 1 10 the department of human rights, if the customer meets certain 1 11 income guidelines. 1 12 b. The written statement shalllistinclude the following 1 13 information: 1 14 (1) The address and telephone number of the local agency 1 15whichthat is administering the customer's low income home 1 16 energy assistance program and the weatherization assistance 1 17 program.The written statement shall also state1 18 (2) A statement that the customer is advised to contact 1 19 the public utility to settle any of the customer's complaints 1 20 with the public utility, but if a complaint is not settled to 1 21 the customer's satisfaction, the customer may file the 1 22 complaint with the board. The written statement shall include1 23the1 24 (3) The address and phone number of the board. 1 25 (4) If the notice of pending disconnection of service 1 26 applies to a residence, the written statement shall advise 1 27 that the disconnection does not apply from November 1 through 1 28 April 1for a resident who is a "head of household", as1 29defined by law, and who has been certified to the public1 30utility by the local agency which is administering the low1 31income home energy assistance program and weatherization1 32assistance program as being eligible for either the low income1 33home energy assistance program or weatherization assistance1 34program, and that if such a resident resides within the1 35serviced residence, the customer should promptly have the2 1qualifying resident notify the local agency which is2 2administering the low income home energy assistance program2 3and weatherization assistance program. 2 4 c. The board shall establish rules requiring that the 2 5 written notice contain additional information as it deems 2 6 necessary and appropriate. 2 7 3. a. The board shall establish ruleswhichthat shall be 2 8 uniform with respect to all public utilities furnishing gas or 2 9 electricity relating to disconnection of service. This 2 10 subsection applies both to regulated utilities and to 2 11 municipally owned utilities and unincorporated villageswhich2 12 that own their own distribution systems, and violations of 2 13 this subsection subject the utilities to civil penalties under 2 14 section 476.51. 2 15 b. A qualified applicant for the low income home energy 2 16 assistance program or the weatherization assistance program 2 17 who is also a "head of household", as defined in section 2 18 422.4, subsection 7, shall be promptly certified by the local 2 19 agency administering the applicant's program to the 2 20 applicant's public utility that the resident is a "head of 2 21 household" as defined in section 422.4, subsection 7, and is 2 22 qualified for the low income home energy assistance program or 2 23 weatherization assistance program. 2 24 c. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a public utility 2 25 furnishing gas or electricity shall not disconnect service 2 26 from November 1 through April 1 to a residencewhich has a2 27resident that has been certified under this paragraph. 2 28 EXPLANATION 2 29 This bill eliminates the income guidelines for the 2 30 moratorium on winter electric and gas utility service 2 31 disconnection, and prohibits disconnection of such utility 2 32 service from any residence from November 1 through April 1. 2 33 The bill also reorganizes the existing language in the 2 34 subsections into paragraphs and subparagraphs. 2 35 LSB 2683YH 79 3 1 jj/cls/14
Text: HF00276 Text: HF00278 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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