HB 728, HCA 1 -- PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER SUPPLY

SPONSOR:  Hoppe

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Committee on Local
Government and Related Matters by a vote of 17 to 0.

This bill prohibits public water supply districts from
purchasing the assets of any regulated water or sewer
corporation without the approval of the Public Service
Commission and the water or sewer corporation.  After purchasing
the water or sewer corporation, a public water supply district
may serve any location that received service from the water or
sewer corporation, even those outside of the district's
geographical boundary lines, and may provide new water or sewer
services to any area within one-fourth of a mile of real
property served by the water or sewer corporation prior to the
purchase.

The bill also modifies the definition of the term "joint
contract" to mean a contract entered into among contracting
municipalities or between municipalities and public water supply
districts or sewer districts for the purpose of establishing a
commission.  In current law, joint contract means a contract
entered into between municipalities, public water supply
districts, sewer districts, or nonprofit water companies.

HCA 1 -- Allows any municipality to contract with a private or
public water company to terminate water service when a customer
fails to pay for municipal sewer services.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the bill corrects an error in
last year's legislation.

Testifying for the bill were Representative Hoppe; Missouri
Association of Municipal Utilities; and Centrust Capital
Corporation.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Steve Bauer, Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:45 am