Committee adopts amendment clarifying utility liability and reports HB 329 out as amended
HB 329 clarifies certificate‑of‑fitness exemptions so multi‑community utilities can use local labor; Representative Kerrick's amendment clarified that electric utilities, not municipal employers, bear liability for work performed under the statute; the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill out as amended.
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Representative Donna Mears and staff presented House Bill 329, which seeks to clarify statutory exemptions for certificates of fitness so that multi‑community utilities — for example Village Electric Cooperative models — can employ local personnel for grid maintenance in communities of fewer than 2,500 people.
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