§ 89-L — Municipal water systems

§ 89-l. Municipal water systems. 1. For the purposes of this section,\nand for the purposes of any jurisdiction conferred by it upon the public\nservice commission, a municipality is one which owns, maintains or\noperates, or proposes to own, maintain or operate, a water system, or\nwhich sells, furnishes or distributes, or proposes to sell, furnish or\ndistribute, water for domestic, commercial or public uses, whether\nprovided by its own system or the system of a water-works corporation or\nanother municipality. As so limited, the term "municipality" for the\npurposes of this section, means a city, town, village or public\ndistrict; and a "public district," as here used, is a district or other\nterritorial division, whether incorporated or not, whose affairs are\nmanaged by any officer or officers, person or persons, elected by voters\nor taxpayers or appointed by a public officer or officers, and includes,\nwithout excluding others, a water district, water supply district and a\nfire district. The other provisions of this chapter shall not apply to\nsuch a municipality, nor to its said business of owning, maintaining or\noperating a water system or of selling, furnishing or distributing\nwater, except such provisions as are applied by this section by express\nreference. The jurisdiction of the public service commission, with\nrespect to such a municipality or its said business, is that, and only\nthat, provided for in this section.\n 2. Each such municipality shall file with the public service\ncommission a copy of the annual report of its division, bureau or\ndepartment of water.\n