Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1237
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 8-1-2-4.5.
Synopsis: Reconnection charges. Provides that a utility reconnection
charge may not exceed actual reconnection costs.
Effective: July 1, 2004.
January 15, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce and Economic
Development.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2004)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1237
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
utilities and transportation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 8-1-2-4.5; (04)IN1237.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 8-1-2-4.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2004]:
Sec. 4.5. (a) As used in this section, "utility" refers to the
following:
(1) A public utility.
(2) A municipally owned utility.
(b) A utility may impose a reasonable and just reconnection
charge. The charge may not exceed the costs actually incurred by
the utility in reconnecting service.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section.