§ 35-A §6432 — Consolidated consumer-owned water utility charter requirements; commission authority

1.
Commission responsibility; charter creation.
If the commission approves a petition of 2 or more consumer-owned water utilities for consolidation into a single consumer-owned water utility in accordance with section 6431, the commission shall provide the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities matters a report on the consolidation of the utilities that includes a draft charter created in accordance with this section for the approved consumer-owned water utility. The committee may report out a bill for each approved water utility listed in the report.
2.
Charter requirements.
A consolidated consumer-owned water utility charter drafted by the commission pursuant to subsection 1 must:

Legislative History

PL 2023, c. 325, §9 (NEW).