Electric utility service; cooperative to install & operate prepaid metering equipment upon request. (HB88)

Introduced By

Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Prepaid electric utility service.  Authorizes electric cooperatives to install and operate a prepaid metering equipment and system upon a customer's request. The equipment and system will terminate electric service immediately and automatically when the customer has incurred charges for electric service equal to the amount prepaid by the customer. Such service would be exempt from existing requirements that a utility provide one billing cycle before initiating a proceeding for a residential customer's nonpayment for local service, pay interest on deposits, return deposits after one year of satisfactory credit, give 10 days' notice prior to terminating service, and not terminate a customer's residential service for payment of basic nonresidential service. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/04/2010Committee
01/04/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101148D
01/04/2010Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/15/2010Impact statement from SCC (HB88)
01/28/2010Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2010Read first time
02/02/2010Read second time
02/02/2010Committee amendments agreed to
02/02/2010Engrossed by House as amended HB88E
02/02/2010Printed as engrossed 10101148D-E
02/03/2010Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE(98-Y 0-N)
02/03/2010Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/03/2010VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2010Impact statement from SCC (HB88E)
02/04/2010Constitutional reading dispensed
02/04/2010Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
03/01/2010Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/04/2010Read third time
03/04/2010Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/11/2010Enrolled
03/11/2010Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB88ER)
03/11/2010Impact statement from SCC (HB88ER)
03/11/2010Signed by Speaker
03/13/2010Signed by President
04/10/2010G Approved by Governor-Chapter 320 (effective 7/1/10)
04/10/2010G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0320)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 25 seconds.