H. B. 2558
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss (By Request))
[Introduced January 24, 2003; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article three, 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
nine, relating to requiring public utilities to maintain an
authorized payment agent in each county in which it does
business.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article three, 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 nine,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF PUBLIC UTILITIES SUBJECT TO
REGULATIONS OF COMMISSION.
§24-3-9. Public utilities required to have authorized payment
agent
in each county.
Any public utility subject to the provisions of this chapter
shall have an authorized payment agent in each county in which it
does business as a public utility.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require public utilities
to have a payment agent in each county.
This section is new; therefore strike-throughs and underlining
have been omitted.