07 LC
36 0603
House
Bill 587
By:
Representatives May of the
111th,
Harbin of the
118th,
Fleming of the
117th,
and Roberts of the
154th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 2 of Chapter 4 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the distribution, storage, and sale of gas, so as to
provide for revocation of a certificate of public convenience and necessity if
the holder of the certificate has not within five years of receiving the
certificate begun construction or operation of any pipeline, or distribution
system, or any extension thereof, in substantially all of the territory covered
by such certificate; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
2 of Chapter 4 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the distribution, storage, and sale of gas, is amended by adding a new
subsection to Code Section 46-4-28, relating to the suspension, revocation,
alteration, or amendment of certificates by the Public Service Commission, to
read as follows:
"(a.1)
Any certificate issued under this article shall be revoked or amended by the
commission if, within five years of receiving the certificate, the holder of
the certificate has failed to begin construction or operation of any pipeline,
or distribution system, or any extension thereof, in substantially all of the
territory covered by such certificate. Such revocation or amendment shall result
in the territory covered under the certificate being limited to those areas in
which any pipeline, or distribution system, or any extension thereof, is being
constructed or operated, plus a buffer of 1,000 feet. Such revocation or
amendment shall enable the commission to issue a certificate to another person
for that part of the territory in which the holder of the revoked certificate
has not provided service."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on July 1, 2007 and shall apply to all certificates
in effect or applied for on or after such date.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.