SB322 (2018) Detail

Relative to access to a water utility.


SB 322  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2989

10/08

 

SENATE BILL 322

 

AN ACT relative to access to a water utility.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Innis, Dist 24

 

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires that a property owner shall have access to service from a water utility if the owner pays the rates for such service.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2989

10/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to access to a water utility.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Paragraph; Water Companies;  Service to Customers.  Amend RSA 362:4 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VIII.  No water utility, whether a municipal corporation or water utility regulated by the commission, shall decline or refuse to provide adequate service to a property owner that desires to connect to water service and to pay the incremental rates for service that apply to customers within the municipal boundaries or franchise territory of the water utility.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 9, 2018 Senate Hearing

Bill Text Revisions

SB322 Revision: 2662 Date: Dec. 8, 2017, 12:09 p.m.

Docket


March 21, 2018: Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 03/21/2018; SJ 9


March 22, 2018: Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/22/2018; SC 13


March 21, 2018: Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 03/21/2018; SC 13


Jan. 9, 2018: Hearing: 01/09/2018, Room 103, SH, 09:30 am; SC 48


Jan. 3, 2018: To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Energy and Natural Resources; SJ 1