SB 231 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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1999 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 231

AN ACT relative to termination of water service from a water utility in the town of Pittsfield.

SPONSORS: Sen. Fraser, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Public Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides that no customers of a water utility serving the town of Pittsfield shall have the right to terminate water service and secure water from an alternate source for a 2 year period.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine

AN ACT relative to termination of water service from a water utility in the town of Pittsfield.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 No Right of Customers to Terminate Service From a Water Utility in the Town of Pittsfield. Notwithstanding RSA 362:4, IV(a), no customers of a water utility serving the town of Pittsfield shall have the right to terminate water service and secure water from an alternate source.

2 Repeal. Section 1 of this act, relative to the right of customers of a water utility in Pittsfield to terminate water service, is repealed.

3 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect one year after the effective date of the remainder of this act.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.