HB1133: relative to the maximum amount of a customer deposit which may be required under rules of the public utilities commission.

HB 1133 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2434

06/03

HOUSE BILL 1133

AN ACT relative to the maximum amount of a customer deposit which may be required under rules of the public utilities commission.

SPONSORS: Rep. Zaricki, Hills. 6; Rep. Fisher, Belk. 9; Rep. Schleien, Hills. 37

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill limits the amount of a deposit that a utility may charge a customer.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2434

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to the maximum amount of a customer deposit which may be required under rules of the public utilities commission.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Public Utilities; General Regulations; Charges. Amend RSA 374:2 to read as follows:

374:2 Charges.

I. All charges made or demanded by any public utility for any service rendered by it or to be rendered in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable and not more than is allowed by law or by order of the public utilities commission. Every charge that is unjust or unreasonable, or in excess of that allowed by law or by order of the commission, is prohibited.

II. No public utility shall charge a residential customer a deposit exceeding $250.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.