General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5467
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5361
*05361HB05467ET_*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5467
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 5361
*05361HB05467ET_*
Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Introduced by:
(ET)
AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY REPAIR OF UTILITY POLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 16-246f of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (d) as follows (Effective October 1, 2015):
(NEW) (d) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, or any limitation imposed by its charter, a domestic electric company or contractor of such domestic electric company shall repair or replace a utility pole damaged as a result of a storm or emergency regardless of such utility pole ownership. The owner of such utility pole shall be responsible to pay such domestic electric company or contractor of such domestic electric company fair market value for the materials used and the labor performed to repair or replace such utility pole.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2015 16-246f
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2015
16-246f
Statement of Purpose:
To require the repair or replacement of utility poles damaged as a result of a storm or emergency regardless of ownership.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. SHABAN, 135th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. SHABAN, 135th Dist.
H.B. 5467