Bill Text: IN HB1035 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Nonjurisdictional municipal utilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-07 - First reading: referred to Committee on Utilities and Energy [HB1035 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HB1035-Introduced.html


Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1035

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 8-1.5-3-9.2.

Synopsis: Nonjurisdictional municipal utilities. Legalizes and validates the removal from the jurisdiction of the utility regulatory commission (IURC) of an electric utility owned and operated by a second class city that, before January 1, 2013, followed certain statutory procedures to remove the electric utility from IURC jurisdiction.

Effective: January 1, 2013 (retroactive).





Crawford




    January 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Energy.







Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1035



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning utilities.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 8-1.5-3-9.2; (13)IN1035.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 8-1.5-3-9.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2013 (RETROACTIVE)]: Sec. 9.2. (a) This section applies to an electric utility owned and operated by a second class city that, before January 1, 2013, follows the procedures set forth in section 9.1 of this chapter to remove a utility from the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of rates and charges and of the issuance of stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness.
    (b) Notwithstanding section 9 of this chapter, the removal from the jurisdiction of the commission for the approval of:
        (1) rates and charges; and
        (2) the issuance of stocks, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness;
of an electric utility described in subsection (a) is legalized and validated.
    (c) A municipally owned electric utility described in subsection

(b) is otherwise subject to the requirements of this chapter.

SOURCE: ; (13)IN1035.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.

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