South Carolina House Bill 5232 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-13 - Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Pending: House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Section 58-3-141 So As To Prevent Utilities From Recovering Certain Nonallowed Expenses From Ratepayers, To Allow The Commission To Evaluate Utility Expenses On A Case-by-case Basis, To Provide Penalties When A Public Utility Submits A Nonallowed Expense To The Ratepayers, And To Require A Public Utility To Pay For The Cost Of An Audit When The Public Service Commission Determines That The Utility Submitted A Nonallowed Expense; And By Adding Section 58-5-760 Requiring Water And Sewer Utilities To Submit Long-term Infrastructure Improvement Plans To The Commission And Requiring The Public Service Commission To Review And Accept Long-term Infrastructure Improvement Plans.

Utilities

Rep. Christopher Wooten [R]	Rep. Russell Ott [D]	Rep. Wendy Brawley [D]	Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoon [R]
Rep. Micajah Caskey [R]	Rep. William Hewitt [R]	Rep. Chip Huggins [R]	Rep. McLain Toole [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
2020-02-13	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	3	141	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	5	760	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5232&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5232_20200213.htm