Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3560 Primary Sponsor:Corning Committee Number:26 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Municipal utilities, regulation and nonregulation of Residing Body:House Current Committee:Labor, Commerce and Industry Computer Document Number:BBM/9192.JM Introduced Date:Feb 20, 1991 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Feb 20, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Corning Quinn H. Brown Wright Sturkie Wofford Fair McLeod Keegan Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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3560 House Feb 20, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 26
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTIONS 58-5-30, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AND UTILITIES OF REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES FROM REGULATION BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AND 58-5-210, RELATING TO THE SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF RATES AND SERVICE BY THE COMMISSION, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR INSTANCES OF REGULATION AND NONREGULATION BY THE COMMISSION FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC UTILITIES OWNED OR OPERATED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A MUNICIPALITY FURNISHING OR SUPPLYING WATER, SEWERAGE COLLECTION, OR SEWERAGE DISPOSAL BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 58-5-30 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 58-5-30. (A) Nothing contained in Articles 1, and 3, and 5 of this chapter shall give gives the commission any power to regulate or interfere with public utilities owned or operated by or on behalf of any a municipality or regional transportation authority (as defined in Chapter 25 of this Title) or their agencies, except as provided in subsection (B).
(B) If a public utility owned or operated by or on behalf of a municipality or an agency of a municipality furnishes or supplies water, sewerage collection, or sewerage disposal outside the corporate limits of the municipality at the same rates it charges for those services furnished or supplied inside the municipality's corporate limits, the public utility is not subject to regulation by the commission. However, if the public utility charges more for those services furnished or supplied outside the corporate limits of the municipality than it charges for the same services as furnished or supplied inside the municipality's corporate limits, the public utility is subject to regulation by the commission, including the commission's procedures for rate approval, with respect to the difference in the two sets of rates."
SECTION 2. Section 58-5-210 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"The provisions of this section do not apply to or include a public utility owned or operated by or on behalf of a municipality or an agency of a municipality which furnishes or supplies water, sewerage collection, or sewerage disposal outside the corporate limits of the municipality at the same rates it charges for those services furnished or supplied inside the municipality's corporate limits. However, the provisions of this section apply to and include the described public utility where it charges more for those services furnished or supplied outside the corporate limits of the municipality than it charges for the same services as furnished or supplied inside the municipality's corporate limits, but only to the extent of the difference in the two sets of rates."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.