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S. 85
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Bryant and Fair
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Introduced in the Senate on January 9, 2007
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Public Service Commission
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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11/29/2006 Senate Prefiled
11/29/2006 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/9/2007 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-63
1/9/2007 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-63
1/17/2007 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Moore (ch), Ford, Mescher,
Rankin, Scott
1/24/2008 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Rankin (ch), Ford, Scott,
Campbell
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 58-5-20 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE APPLICABILITY OF THE PROVISION TO A BUSINESS NOT EXCLUSIVELY A PUBLIC UTILITY, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION SHALL REGULATE A PUBLIC UTILITY'S OPERATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY THAT OWNS THE PUBLIC UTILITY; TO AMEND SECTION 58-5-30, RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF MUNICIPAL UTILITIES FROM REGULATION BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, TO LIMIT THE EXEMPTION TO A PUBLIC UTILITY'S OPERATIONS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY'S CORPORATE LIMITS; AND TO AMEND SECTION 58-27-1010, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION ON REGULATION BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF CONTRACTS MADE BY A MUNICIPALITY, TO LIMIT THE PROHIBITION TO CONTRACTS MADE BY A MUNICIPALITY WITH THE CUSTOMERS LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 58-5-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 58-5-20. Any corporation or person not engaged in business exclusively as a public utility within the corporate limits of the municipality that owns the public utility, shall be governed by the provisions of Articles 1, 3 and 5 of this chapter in respect only of the public utility owned, leased, operated or managed by it or him and not in respect to any other business or pursuit."
SECTION 2. Section 58-5-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 58-5-30. Except as provided in Article 23, Chapter 9 of Title 58, nothing contained in Articles 1, 3, and 5 of this chapter shall give gives the commission any power to regulate or interfere with public utilities owned or operated by or on behalf of any municipality within its corporate limits or regional transportation authority as defined in Chapter 25 of this title or their agencies."
SECTION 3. Section 58-27-1010 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 58-27-1010. The Commission commission shall may not regulate any contracts made by any municipality with its customers who are located within the corporate limits of the municipality, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed as permitting the regulation by the Commission commission of the rates to be charged by any municipal plant to any of its customers who are located within the corporate limits of the municipality, whether these customers be other municipalities, persons, firms or corporations.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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