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House passes bill aimed at protecting customers outside municipal water boundaries
Summary
HB31 lets municipalities designate service areas for water distribution, adds equal-protection provisions for extra-jurisdictional customers and requires accessible mapping; sponsor said it addresses disenfranchisement and rate discrimination concerns tied to water service outside municipal boundaries.
The Utah House on Feb. 28 passed House Bill 31 to address the rights of water users who receive municipal service outside a city’s boundaries. Representative Coleman, sponsor of HB31, said the bill is part of a three-bill package tied to a constitutional amendment (HJR1) and aims to reduce possible disenfranchisement and discrimination in rates for outside users.
Coleman said the…
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