Mississippi House Bill 697 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 9 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-02-09 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 77-3-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Public Service Commission Shall Not Regulate Any Eligible Homeowners Association That Is Distributing Water To The Residents Of Its Homeowners Association Regardless If An Association Is Located In An Area That Is Subject To A Certificate Of Public Convenience And Necessity That Is Held By An Eligible Municipality; To Amend Section 77-3-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "eligible Municipality" And "eligible Homeowners Association"; To Create New Section 77-3-99, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If An Eligible Home Owners Association Decides To Provide Water Service To Its Residents, Then An Eligible Municipality Must Sell And Convey Water Assets To The Association So That Water Can Be Supplied To Such Residents; To Bring Forward Section 41-26-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertains To The Operation Of A Public Water System; And For Related Purposes.

Homeowner associations that provide water to its residents, certain; prohibit PSC from providing certain regulation of.

Rep. Shanda Yates [I]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-09	House	Died On Calendar
2023-02-07	House	Read the Third Time
2023-01-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Public Utilities

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	26	8	New Code	See Bill Text
77	3	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
77	3	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0697.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0697IN.htm