HB2842 S EIM AMT #1 3-29

Dean  7824

The Committee on Energy, Industry, and Mining moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2842—A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §8-12-23, relating to placing limitations on the authority of municipalities, political subdivisions, and local governing bodies generally; forbidding a municipality, political subdivision, or a local governing body to enact any code, ordinance, or land use regulation that would prohibit, have the effect of prohibiting, or regulate in any manner a public utility or department of public utilities from furnishing a utility service to a utility customer based on an energy source which is provided or used by a utility service; forbidding a municipality, political subdivision, or a local governing body to enact any code, ordinance, or land use regulation that would prohibit or regulate a customer of a public utility or department of public utilities from purchasing, using, or connecting or reconnecting to a utility service based on the energy source provided or used by a utility service, forbidding a municipality, political subdivision, or a local governing body to enact any code, ordinance, or land use regulation that would prohibit or regulate a public utility or department of public utilities from utilizing vehicles, equipment, machinery, or tools, to provide utility services to a utility customer based on the energy source used by or powering those  vehicles, equipment, machinery, or tools used by the utility service; and defining terms.

Adopted

Rejected