HB3096 SFAT Blair 4-8

Bailey 7965

Senator Blair moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill No. 3096 -- A BILL to repeal §8-16-19 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §16-13A-8 and §16-13A-9 of said code; to amend and reenact §24-1-1b of said code; to amend and reenact §24-2-1, §24-2-3, §24-2-4b and §24-2-11 of said code, all relating to the operation and regulation of utilities and services generally; modifying procedures and requirements for the operation and regulation of certain water and sewer utilities owned or operated by political subdivisions of the state; eliminating reference to appeals to the Public Service Commission from actions of municipal boards that are not subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission; prohibiting Public Service Commission jurisdiction of Internet protocol-enabled service and voice-over Internet protocol-enabled service; defining the terms “Internet protocol-enabled service” and “Voice-over Internet protocol service”; limiting Public Service Commission jurisdiction of certain telephone company transactions; relating to the authority of county commissions to modify proposed rates for certain water and sewer utilities and providing for complaints to be filed with the circuit courts pertaining to rates and charges enacted as proposed,  modified or rejected by the county commission; eliminating Public Service Commission authority regarding stormwater utilities; providing time limits for the filing of requests for investigations pertaining to political subdivisions providing separate or combined water and/or sewer services and having at least four thousand five hundred customers and annual combined gross revenues of $3 million or more; clarifying the authority of the Public Service Commission to resolve complaints of customers of water and sewer utilities operated by a political subdivision of the state having at least four thousand five hundred customers and annual combined gross revenues of $3 million or more; clarifying the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission relating to rates for municipal water and/or sewer utilities having less than four thousand five hundred customers or annual combined gross revenues of less than $3 million; revising the notice and procedure provisions for construction projects for political subdivisions of this state providing separate or combined water and/or sewer services and having at least four thousand five hundred customers and annual combined gross revenues of $3 million or more; and providing procedures for a public service district or a customer satisfying certain requirements to file a complaint in circuit court to contest the action or inaction of a county commission regarding a rate proposals and construction projects that are not in the ordinary course of business.