H.
B.
2660
(By Delegate McGraw)
[Introduced March 22, 1993; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter twenty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section three-d, relating to utility rates.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter twenty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section three-d, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.
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24-2-3d. Prohibition against considering salaries of employees
of utilities in excess of the salary of the governor
of this state in determining utility rates.
The public service commission is prohibited from the consideration of salaries of employees of utilities in excess of the salary of the governor of this state in determining a rate basis in establishing rates charged to customers.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the consideration of salaries of employees of utilities in excess of the salary of the governor of this state in determining utility rates.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.