Bill Text: CT SB01111 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 1111 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Requiring Certain Water Pollution Control Authorities To Operate Pursuant To An Interlocal Agreement And Concerning The Liability Of Water Companies For Damages Caused By A Leak Or Break In A Water Main.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Judiciary [SB01111 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB01111-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 1111*
*January Session, 2013*		_____SB01111PD____040213____

AN ACT REQUIRING CERTAIN WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AUTHORITIES TO OPERATE PURSUANT TO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND CONCERNING THE LIABILITY OF WATER COMPANIES FOR DAMAGES CAUSED BY A LEAK OR BREAK IN A WATER MAIN.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) Any water pollution control authority located in a municipality with a population of less than fifty thousand that, through the municipality, receives a grant pursuant to section 22a-478 of the general statutes for a water pollution control project involving a sewerage system, as defined in section 7-245 of the general statutes, that serves customers in more than one municipality shall operate pursuant to an interlocal agreement negotiated in good faith. Each municipality served by such sewerage system shall be a party to such agreement. Any such interlocal agreement created after October 1, 2013, shall include the following provisions: (1) Except as required by section 7-256 of the general statutes, no charge for connection with or for the use of the sewerage system shall be increased without the prior preparation and review by the water pollution control authority of an independent cost of service study; (2) the water pollution control authority shall establish an advisory board that shall meet at least twice annually and shall consist of (A) one person who shall represent the chief elected officials of the municipalities served by the sewerage system, and (B) one person from each municipality served by the sewerage system who shall represent customers of such sewerage system; (3) the water pollution control authority shall consult with such advisory board prior to taking any action concerning a transfer of real property, a rate increase, except as required pursuant to section 7-256 of the general statutes, or a capital improvement project with an aggregate cost in excess of five million dollars; and (4) when surrounding municipalities contribute more than twenty per cent of the design capacity flows of the water pollution control authority's sewerage system, the parties to the interlocal agreement shall negotiate in good faith and make best efforts to form a regional water pollution control authority pursuant to section 22a-500 of the general statutes.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) Any water company shall be liable to a consumer for any uninsured damages proximately caused by a leak or break in a water main owned by the water company. For purposes of this section, "water company" and "consumer" have the same meanings as provided in section 25-32a of the general statutes.