Bill Text: SC H3076 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced

South Carolina House Bill 3076 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Public Service Commission

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-13 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry [H3076 Detail]

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 58-5-30, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF MUNICIPAL UTILITIES FROM REGULATION BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, SO AS TO LIMIT THE EXEMPTION TO A PUBLIC UTILITY'S OPERATIONS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 58-27-1010, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION ON REGULATION BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF CONTRACTS MADE BY A MUNICIPALITY, SO AS TO LIMIT THE PROHIBITION TO CONTRACTS MADE BY A MUNICIPALITY WITH CUSTOMERS LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 58-5-30 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 318 of 2006, is further amended to read:

"Section 58-5-30. Except as provided in Article 23, Chapter 9, of Title 58, nothing contained in Articles 1, 3, and 5 of this chapter ~~shall give~~ gives the commission or the regulatory staff any power to regulate or interfere with public utilities owned or operated by or on behalf of ~~any~~ a municipality within its corporate limits, or regional transportation authority as defined in Chapter 25 of this title, or their agencies."

SECTION 2. Section 58-27-1010 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 58-27-1010. The ~~Commission~~ commission ~~shall~~ may not regulate ~~any~~ contracts made by ~~any~~ a municipality with its customers who are located within the limits of the municipality, and nothing in this chapter ~~shall~~ may be construed as permitting the regulation by the ~~Commission~~ commission of the rates to be charged by ~~any~~ a municipal plant to ~~any of~~ its customers who are located within the limits of the municipality, whether these customers be are other municipalities, persons, firms, or corporations."