Senator BRYANT proposed the following amendment (3508R002.KLB):
    Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 13, after line 12, by adding appropriately numbered new SECTIONS:
/     SECTION __.     Section 58-3-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "Section 58-3-30.     Except as provided in Article 23, Chapter 9 of Title 58, nothing contained in Articles 1, 3, and 5 of this chapter shall give the commission or the regulatory staff any power to regulate or interfere with public utilities owned or operated by or on behalf of any municipality or regional transportation authority as defined in Chapter 25 of this title or their agencies. However, public water or sewer utilities owned or operated by or on behalf of a municipality shall be subject to the regulation of the Public Service Authority."

SECTION __. Article 1, Chapter 3, Title 58 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 58-3-33.     A municipality must not require a potential customer whose residence is outside of its jurisdiction to sign an annexation agreement as a precondition to the providing of water or sewer service."     /

    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend title to conform.