§ 16-348 — Central clearinghouse. Apportionment of costs.

The public utilities of the state shall, under the direction of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, organize and operate a central clearinghouse within the state for receiving and giving the notices required by section 16-349. The authority shall apportion the cost of this service equitably among the public utilities, except a city, town or borough that owns or operates only a sanitary sewer or water facilities.

Legislative History

(P.A. 77-350, S. 4; 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 165, 348; P.A. 81-146, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 41.) History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 81-146 exempted sanitary sewer and water facilities owned or operated by a city, town or borough from being apportioned and limited apportionment generally to those facilities registered with department under Sec. 16-347; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” and “department” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” and “authority”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-94 deleted provision re underground facilities registered as provided in Sec. 16-347 and reworded provision re exception for sanitary sewer or water facilities owned or operated by a city, town or borough, effective October 1, 2015.