REFERENCE TITLE: water and wastewater systems; consolidation

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016

HB 2675

Introduced by Representative Rivero

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 40‑334, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona corporation commission.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 40-334, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE40-334.  Discrimination between persons, localities or classes of service as to rates, charges, service or facilities prohibited

A.  A public service corporation shall not, as to rates, charges, service, facilities or in any other respect, make or grant any preference or advantage to any person or subject any person to any prejudice or disadvantage.

B.  No public service corporation shall establish or maintain any unreasonable difference as to rates, charges, service, facilities or in any other respect, either between localities or between classes of service.

C.  A water system and a wastewater system may not consolidate unless the systems are contiguous to each other.

C.  D.  The commission may determine any question of fact arising under this section. END_STATUTE