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Consumer advocate bill draws split testimony over attorney requirement
Summary
Testimony on House Bill 610 focused on whether the state’s consumer advocate must be a lawyer. The current consumer advocate supported keeping the attorney requirement and urged deleting language that would allow engineers or economists to be appointed; an attorney who represented low-income ratepayers urged removing a new governor removal clause and keeping the attorney requirement.
The Senate Committee on Executive Departments and Administration heard competing testimony on House Bill 610, which would change qualifications and removal provisions for the state’s Office of the Consumer Advocate.
Donald Kreece, the state’s consumer advocate, testified that although he supports the bill’s overall approach, he recommended deleting language that would permit appointment of a professional engineer or an economist in place of the current statutory requirement that the consumer advocate be a qualified attorney admitted to practice in New…
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