SSB 1004 (LSB 1666XC (1) 87)

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BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ANDERSON)

A BILL FOR

An Act restricting the regulatory authority of the Iowa utilities board with regard to municipal utility disconnection of service requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 476.1B, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Disconnection of service, as set forth in section 476.20, subsections 1 through 4.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the regulatory authority of the Iowa utilities board with regard to municipal utility disconnection procedures.
   Currently, Code section 476.1B provides that a municipally owned utility is not subject to regulation by the Iowa utilities board, subject to certain specified exceptions. One such exception is with regard to disconnection of service, as provided in Code section 476.20.
   The bill modifies this reference to Code section 476.20 to limit the applicability of board regulation to subsections 1 through 4 of the Code section. This renders provisions contained in Code section 476.20, subsection 5, regarding the board establishing rules relating to deposits which may be required by a utility for the initiation or reinstatement of service, inapplicable to municipal utilities.