Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2663%20SUB%20ENR%202.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=2663
Timestamp: 2018-02-21 12:13:32
Document Index: 19259743

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HB2663 SUB ENR 2 House Bill 2663 History
HB2663 SUB ENR 2
(By Delegates Moye, T. Campbell, Manchin,
Shaver, Stephens, Barker, M. Poling and Doyle)
[Amended and again passed, in an effort to meet the objection of the Governor, March 18, 2011; in effect July 1, 2011.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact §11-13-3f of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended be amended and reenacted; to amend and reenact §11-13F-1 of said code; to amend and reenact §11-24-11 of said code; to amend and reenact §24-1-3, §24-1-4 and §24-1- 6 of said code; to amend and reenact §24-2A-2 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §24-2A-5; and to amend and reenact §24-3-2 of said code, all relating to the Public Service Commission; requiring at least one commissioner to be present at a hearing conducted for the sole purpose of receiving public comment or protest; requiring the commission establish a website for reception of public comments; allowing private water companies regulated by the Public Service Commission to offer discounted water services to qualified low-income customers; providing certain tax credits to private water companies extending such discounts to qualified low-income customers; adding cost of providing discounted water utility services by private water companies to qualified low-income residents to matters that the commission must certify; placing the burden of proving eligibility to receive special reduced rates on the customer requesting the reduced rates; providing for the establishment of rules and procedures by the Public Service Commission to implement a reduced rate program for private water utilities and their qualified low-income residential customers; requiring the Department of Health and Human Resources to establish rules and procedures related to the special reduced water rate program and verifying applicants' eligibility to receive such discounts; providing for establishment of rules by the Tax Commissioner as necessary to implement said reduced rate program and its associated tax credits; and deleting obsolete language.
That §11-13-3f of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended be amended and reenacted; that §11-13F-1 be amended and reenacted; that §11-24-11 be amended and reenacted; that §24-1-3, §24-1-4 and §24-1-6 be amended and reenacted; that §24-2A-2 be amended and reenacted; that §24-3-2 be amended and reenacted; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §24-2A- 5, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 13F. BUSINESS AND OCCUPATION TAX CREDIT FOR REDUCING ELECTRIC, NATURAL GAS OR WATER UTILITY RATES FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
(b) The Public Service Commission shall consist of three members who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The commissioners shall be citizens and residents of this state and at least one of them shall be duly licensed to practice law in West Virginia, with not less than ten years' actual work experience in the legal profession as a member of a State Bar.
(e) The Governor shall designate one of the commissioners to serve as chairman at the Governor's will and pleasure. The chairman shall be the chief administrative officer of the commission. The Governor may remove any commissioner only for incompetency, neglect of duty, gross immorality, malfeasance in office or violation of subsections (g) and (h) of this section.