Bill Text: CT HB05467 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Emergency Repair Of Utility Poles.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Energy and Technology [HB05467 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05467-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 5467
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 5361
		*05361HB05467ET_*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)

AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY REPAIR OF UTILITY POLES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 16-246f of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (d) as follows (Effective October 1, 2015):

(NEW) (d) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, or any limitation imposed by its charter, a domestic electric company or contractor of such domestic electric company shall repair or replace a utility pole damaged as a result of a storm or emergency regardless of such utility pole ownership. The owner of such utility pole shall be responsible to pay such domestic electric company or contractor of such domestic electric company fair market value for the materials used and the labor performed to repair or replace such utility pole.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2015	16-246f

Statement of Purpose:

To require the repair or replacement of utility poles damaged as a result of a storm or emergency regardless of ownership.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

Co-Sponsors:

REP. SHABAN, 135th Dist.

H.B. 5467