MUNICIPAL UTILITIES; SERVICE DELIVERY                                               H.B. 6428-6430:

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House Bill 6428 through 6430 (as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Representative James A. Lower (H.B. 6428)

               Representative Beau Matthew LaFave (H.B. 6429)

               Representative Aaron Miller (H.B. 6430)

House Committee:  Energy Policy

Senate Committee:  Energy and Technology

 


CONTENT

 

House Bills 6428 would amend Section 10y of Public Act 3 of 1939, which generally governs municipally-owned utilities, to prohibit a person from providing delivery service or customer account service to a customer that within the previous three years had received that service from a municipally-owned utility unless the utility gave written consent.

 

House Bill 6429 would amend Public Act 35 of 1951, which governs intergovernmental contracts between municipal corporations, to prohibit a municipal corporation from rendering electric delivery service to a customer that within the previous three years had received service from another utility unless the serving utility gave written consent. 

 

House Bill 6430 would amend the Home Rule City Act to prohibit a city from rendering electric delivery service for heat, power, or light outside its corporate limits to a customer that within the previous three years had received that service from another utility unless that utility consented in writing.

 

MCL 460.10y (H.B. 6428)                                          Legislative Analyst:  Stephen Jackson

       124.3 (H.B. 6429)

       117.4f (H.B. 6430)

 

FISCAL IMPACT

 

The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

 

Date Completed:  12-18-18                                        Fiscal Analyst:  Elizabeth Raczkowski

 

 

 

 

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.