HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                   Bill No. HB 589   Barcode 572343
    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Committee on Utilities & Telecommunications offered the
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15         On page 2, line 14 through page 3, line 9,
16  remove from the bill:  all of said lines
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18  and insert in lieu thereof:  Assistance Program is established
19  in the department.  The department may award financial
20  assistance to a local government in the form of a grant for
21  the purpose of acquiring privately owned water-wastewater
22  utilities.
23         (1)  A local government may qualify for financial
24  assistance if it documents to the department that the
25  privately owned water-wastewater utility the local government
26  intends to acquire meets the following criteria:
27         (a)  The quality of water or wastewater service
28  provided by the privately owned water-wastewater utility is
29  consistently inadequate to meet public health or water quality
30  standards; and
31         (b)  The privately owned water-wastewater utility
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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                   Bill No. HB 589   Barcode 572343
    Amendment No. 3 (for drafter's use only)
 1  cannot make the improvements necessary to alleviate the public
 2  health or water quality threats through its own resources
 3  without increasing its rates for services to an amount beyond
 4  that which is commensurate with community standards; or
 5         (c)  Operation of the privately owned water-wastewater
 6  utility represents a public health or water quality threat
 7  that would be more effectively addressed through public
 8  management or ownership, as demonstrated through a feasibility
 9  determination provided by the applicant for financial
10  assistance to the department, that takes into account
11  economic, managerial and administrative considerations; or
12         (d)  The private utility desires to sell.
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