SB 453 – States that certain records of municipally owned utilities may be closed under the Sunshine Law

• Sponsor: Hough
• LR Number: 2301S.01I
• Committee: Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment
• Last Action: 4/3/2019 - SCS Voted Do Pass S Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment Committee (2301S.02C)
• Effective Date: August 28, 2019

Current Bill Summary

SCS/SB 453 - This act adds individually identifiable customer usage and billing records for customers of a municipally owned utility, unless the records are requested by the customer or authorized for release by the customer, to the list of records that may be closed under the Sunshine Law. A municipally owned utility shall make available to the public the customer's name, billing address, location of service, and dates of service provided for any commercial service account.

This act is identical to a provision in SS#3/SCS/HB 113 (2019) and similar to HCS/HB 1098 (2019) and to a provision in HCS/SB 468 (2019).

JAMIE ANDREWS

Amendments

No Amendments Found.