UTILITIES LATE PAY DEPOSIT
Summary
Amends the Public Utilities Act. Provides that a public utility may not require a customer to make a deposit with the utility on the basis that the customer has paid a bill late unless the payment is made more than 60 days after the bill is sent to the customer or unless the customer's wires, meters, pipes, or other service equipment have been tampered with and the customer has received the benefit of the tampering.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2003
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2003
Last action Jan 11, 2005
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jan 11, 2005
House · Failed
Session Sine Die
Mar 13, 2003
House · Referred to committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Feb 20, 2003
House · Amendment adopted
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Public Utilities Committee; by Voice Vote
Feb 20, 2003
House · Amendment offered
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Public Utilities Committee
Jan 29, 2003
House · Referred to committee
Assigned to Public Utilities Committee
Jan 23, 2003
House · Referred to committee
Referred to Rules Committee
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
Co
William B. Black
RRepublican
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