Bill Text: CT SB00862 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority's Review Of Claims Arising From Contracts Previously Approved By The Authority.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - Public Hearing 03/07 [SB00862 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00862-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 862
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 3740
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Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY'S REVIEW OF CLAIMS ARISING FROM CONTRACTS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE AUTHORITY.

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

Section 1. Section 16-35 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (d) as follows (Effective October 1, 2017):

(NEW) (d) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may review contract claims brought by contractual parties arising out of any contract approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to which a public service company is a party. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority may review and decide such contract claims by issuing a declaratory ruling or a final decision in a contested case proceeding. Parties to such contracts shall have the right to appeal to the Superior Court from any Public Utilities Regulatory Authority declaratory ruling or final decision adjudicating such contract claims.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2017	16-35

Statement of Purpose:

To permit the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to review claims arising from contracts the authority previously approved.

[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.]