Bill Text: IA SF301 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing city utilities to provide a reduced rate to certain persons based on age.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Segebart, and J. Smith. S.J. 380. [SF301 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF301-Introduced.html
Senate
File
301
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
301
BY
J.
SMITH
and
CARLIN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
city
utilities
to
provide
a
reduced
rate
to
1
certain
persons
based
on
age.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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S.F.
301
Section
1.
Section
388.6,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
388.6
Discrimination
in
rates
——
exceptions
.
3
1.
A
city
utility
or
a
combined
utility
system
may
not
4
provide
use
or
service
at
a
discriminatory
rate,
except
to
the
5
city
or
its
agencies,
as
provided
in
section
384.91
.
6
2.
Notwithstanding
subsection
1,
a
city
utility
or
a
7
combined
utility
system
may
provide
use
or
service
at
a
reduced
8
rate
to
persons
who
are
at
least
sixty-five
years
of
age
or
9
older.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
Current
Code
section
388.6
prohibits
city
utilities
and
14
combined
utility
systems
from
providing
discriminatory
rates
to
15
customers,
except
to
cities
or
its
agencies.
16
This
bill
authorizes
city
utilities
and
combined
utility
17
systems
to
provide
use
or
service
at
a
reduced
rate
to
persons
18
who
are
at
least
65
years
of
age
or
older.
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