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ACT No. 307
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 344
BY REPRESENTATIVE SELDERS
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 33:4886, relative to parishes and municipalities; to provide relative to permits
3 required by parishes and municipalities; to prohibit any parish or municipality from
4 requiring a permit for certain services provided by an authorized utility provider; and
5 to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 33:4886 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง4886. Permits; certain utility services; parishes and municipalities
9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no parish
10 governing authority or municipal governing authority shall require any person who
11 holds an account with an authorized utility provider and whose account is being
12 charged by any such provider for electric services provided to a dwelling located in
13 the state of Louisiana to acquire a permit from the respective parish or municipal
14 governing authority in which the dwelling is located for the purpose of changing the
15 name of the person listed as the account holder. Nothing in this Paragraph shall
16 prohibit regulatory inspection or enforcement regarding on-site sewerage disposal
17 systems, nor shall it prohibit a parish or municipal governing authority from
18 collecting past due utility debt.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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