West Virginia House Bill 2946 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-08 - To House Political Subdivisions
Pending: House Political Subdivisions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to clarify PublicService Commission jurisdiction over water and sewer utilities owned by political subdivisions; establish uniformity in the Class of publications required by municipalities and public service districts for the revision in rates; to provide a time period for the filing of and resolution of complaints filed at the public service commission regarding actions of municipalities; to clean up language in Code §24-2-4b regarding reference to other sections of the code regarding notice requirements for municipal utilities; and, regarding the time period pertaining to the filing of appeals and the resolution of such appeals of rate and construction projects decided by county commissions.

Clarifying Public Service Commission jurisdiction over water and sewer utilities owned by political subdivisions

Del. Vernon Criss [R]	Del. Jordan Hill [R]	Del. Stephen Wilson [R]	Del. Mark Dean [R]
Del. Brent Boggs [D]	Del. Jason Harshbarger [R]	Del. John Kelly [R]	Del. David Kelly [R]
Del. Geoff Foster [R]	Del. Chris Phillips [R]	Del. Scott Cadle [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-08	House	To House Political Subdivisions
2019-02-08	House	Introduced in House
2019-02-08	House	To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
2019-02-08	House	Filed for introduction

SB467 (Similar To) 2019-02-28 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	13	16	Amended Code	Citation Text
16	13A	9	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	1	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2	11	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2	4a	Amended Code	Citation Text
24	2	4b	Amended Code	Citation Text
8	12	17	Amended Code	Citation Text
8	16	18	Amended Code	Citation Text
8	19	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
8	20	10	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2946&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2946%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2946