KY HB330 | 2011 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Enrolled on February 28 2011 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-03-09 - signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [MS Word]

Summary

Amend KRS 278.021 to define circumstances that constitute abandonment of a gas, water, electric, or sewer service public utility; provide for control and responsibility for abandoned utilities placed in receivership to remain with the court-appointed receiver until the Franklin Circuit Court, after hearing, orders the receiver to return control to the utility or to liquidate the assets; provide that the Public Service Commission may, without holding a hearing, petition the Franklin Circuit Court for temporary receivership of an abandoned utility under certain circumstances; provide that an order granting temporary receivership shall expire sixty days after entry if the commission does not, after notice and hearing, bring an action seeking permanent receivership; create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to require that any gas, water, electric, or sewer utility service that receives a notice of discontinuance or termination of service from one or more of its suppliers that will prevent the provision of service to its customers, notify the commission in writing within one (1) business day of receipt of the notice.

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Title

AN ACT relating to public utilities.

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History

DateChamberAction
2011-03-09 signed by Governor
2011-02-28 delivered to Governor
2011-02-28 enrolled, signed by each presiding officer
2011-02-28 received in House
2011-02-28 3rd reading, passed 38-0
2011-02-28 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Monday, February 28, 2011
2011-02-24 2nd reading, to Rules
2011-02-23 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2011-02-18 to Natural Resources and Energy (S)
2011-02-16 received in Senate
2011-02-15 3rd reading, passed 100-0
2011-02-11 posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, February 15, 2011
2011-02-11 2nd reading, to Rules
2011-02-10 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2011-02-07 posted in committee
2011-02-04 to Tourism Development & Energy (H)
2011-02-03 introduced in House

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