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Committee advances bill to remove obsolete Public Utilities Code provisions
Summary
House Bill 8, brought by Representative Joe Palmer, would remove outdated sections of Title 62 (Public Utilities) that the Public Utilities Commission no longer regulates; the committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.
Representative Joe Palmer (District 20, Meridian) presented House Bill 8 to the House State Affairs Committee, describing it as a technical cleanup that removes obsolete subsections of code that the Public Utilities Commission no longer regulates.
Palmer said the bill had previously passed the House committee last year and received broad support in the House ("70 yes votes") but was held in the Senate late in the prior session. "Basically it takes out of current Code 32 sections of Code that are no longer needed," he said, describing the measure as removing provisions the Public Utilities Commission does not regulate today.
Members asked that technical questions be addressed by PUC staff; Palmer said technical staff were present and available to answer questions. Representative Nicholson moved that the committee recommend the bill do pass and send it to the floor. Representative Keelys (surname given in transcript) thanked Palmer for coordinating with the PUC staff to answer committee questions.
The committee voted by voice to send House Bill 8 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation. The transcript records that the motion carried; no roll-call tally was provided in the committee record excerpt.
The bill would amend state code language identified in the bill text; committee discussion focused on technical clean-up rather than policy changes.
