CHAPTER NUMBER: 605
File Code: Utility Regulation
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 478/98 - ENV
Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 236
- Sponsored By:
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Delegates Guns, Arnick, and Taylor
- Entitled:
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Steam Heating Companies
Eliminating the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission over
steam heating companies; providing that a steam heating company is an
"owner" for purposes of specified underground utility provisions;
requiring a steam heating company to abide by a specified rate
structure and maintain service to its customers for a specified time
period, except under specified circumstances; requiring a steam
heating company that ceases to be a regulated public service company
under the Act to notify its customers by a specified date; etc.
House Action
- 1/27
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/3
- Hearing cancelled
- Hearing 2/11 at 2:00 p.m.
- 3/8
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Environmental Matters
- 3/9
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/12
- Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- 3/31
- House Refuses to Concur - Senate Amendments
- House Requests Senate Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Delegates Billings, Frush, and Sher
- 4/8
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (127-0)
- 4/9
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/27
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 605
Senate Action
- 3/15
- First Reading Finance
- 3/16
- Hearing 3/23 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/31
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Finance
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/1
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (46-0)
- 4/5
- Senate Refuses to Recede
- Conference Committee Appointed ...
- Senators Della, Bromwell, and Madden
- 4/9
- Conference Committee Report Adopted
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Ronald A. Guns, District 36
- Delegate John S. Arnick, District 7
- Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG.; LABELING; WARRANTIES.
- INVESTIGATIONS AND INQUIRIES -see also- CRIM BCKGRND INVEST.
- JURISDICTION
- NOTICES
- PRICES -see also- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
- PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
- UTILITIES -see also- HIGH VOLTAGE LINES; TELEPHONES; WATER
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Public Utility Companies
- (
1-101 ,
1-101 ,
1-101 ,
4-401 ,
4-402 ,
6-202 ,
12-101
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 759297/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 9, 1999 at:
11:32 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Senate
- Number: 083419/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 12, 1999 at:
10:43 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 537667/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 31, 1999 at:
11:12 a.m. Status: Adopted
- Conference Committee Documents:
- Report Number: 083419/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 1999 at:
5:37 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Amendment Number: 453919/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 11, 1999 at:
5:37 p.m. Status: Incomplete
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 12, 1999: Third Reading Passed (137-0)
- April 8, 1999: Third Reading Passed (127-0)
- Senate
- April 1, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- April 9, 1999: Third Reading Passed (46-0)