Indiana Senate Bill 516 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: Passed on May 5 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-05 - Public Law 212
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Utility infrastructure improvements. Amends the law on water and wastewater utility distribution system improvement charges so that the law applies to municipally owned utilities and not-for-profit utilities as well as to public utilities. Allows a municipally owned utility or not-for-profit utility that is under the jurisdiction of the utility regulatory commission (commission) for the approval of rates and charges to petition the commission for the adjustment of its basic rates and charges to provide for the recovery of infrastructure improvement costs. Provides that "infrastructure improvement costs", for a municipally owned utility, means debt service and depreciation expenses associated with eligible

Utility infrastructure improvements. Amends the law on water and wastewater utility distribution system improvement charges so that the law applies to municipally owned utilities and not-for-profit utilities as well as to public utilities. Allows a municipally owned utility or not-for-profit utility that is under the jurisdiction of the utility regulatory commission (commission) for the approval of rates and charges to petition the commission for the adjustment of its basic rates and charges to provide for the recovery of infrastructure improvement costs. Provides that "infrastructure improvement costs", for a municipally owned utility, means debt service and depreciation expenses associated with eligible

Sen. Ed Charbonneau [R]	Sen. Doug Eckerty [R]	Sen. James Merritt [R]	Sen. Karen Tallian [D]
Rep. Mike Speedy [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Rep. Christina Hale [D]	Rep. Dan Forestal [D]

2015-04-21 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House Amendments (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-04-09 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2015-04-01 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2015-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate Committee on Environmental Affairs - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-05	Senate	Public Law 212
2015-05-05	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2015-05-04	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2015-04-29	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2015-04-29	House	Signed by the Speaker
2015-04-28	House	Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
2015-04-22	Senate	Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
2015-04-21	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 493: yeas 44, nays 0
2015-04-20	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2015-04-10	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2015-04-09	House	Representative Forestal added as cosponsor
2015-04-09	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 393: yeas 95, nays 0
2015-04-07	House	Representative Hale added as cosponsor
2015-04-07	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-04-02	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-03-05	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications
2015-02-24	Senate	Referred to the House
2015-02-23	Senate	Representative Koch added as cosponsor
2015-02-23	Senate	Representative Speedy added as sponsor
2015-02-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 215: yeas 48, nays 1
2015-02-19	Senate	Senator Tallian added as coauthor
2015-02-19	Senate	Senator Merritt added as third author
2015-02-19	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-02-16	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-02-05	Senate	Senator Eckerty added as second author
2015-01-15	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee Environmental Affairs
2015-01-14	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Utilities
2015-01-14	Senate	Authored by Senator Charbonneau

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/516/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/2/f/2f2f38ae/SB0516.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/b/f/c/abfc5b7f/SB0516.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/c/b/b/6cbb4786/SB0516.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/5/9/6/25963b54/SB0516.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/b/9/f/6b9f68fb/SB0516.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/b/3/1/5b315619/SB0516.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/8/c/3/28c364d3/SB0516.04.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/5/a/6/95a697de/SB0516.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/a/6/b/5a6b9546/SB0516.215.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/6/0/4260f56e/SB0516.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/8/b/8/b8b81079/SB0516.393.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/0/e/f/40ef9bca/SB0516.493.pdf