07 LC 36
0627S
The
House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications offers the following
substitute to HB 288:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 1 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to general provisions relating to public utilities and public transportation, so
as to provide that certain utilities and natural gas marketers shall return
consumer deposits under certain conditions; to provide an effective date; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
1 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general
provisions relating to public utilities, and public transportation, is amended
by adding a new Code section to read as follows:
"46-1-6.
Each
retail supplier of electricity, natural gas, water, sewer, and telephone
service, and each natural gas marketer which requires the payment of a deposit
from its residential customers, shall return such deposit, with any legally
required interest thereon, when such customer has satisfactorily paid his or her
charges on time for up to 24 consecutive months unless a shorter time for such
return of a deposit is otherwise provided by law or
regulation."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on January 1, 2008.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.