Bill > S1240

Introduced Session

This bill would require local government water purveyors to provide written notice at least 15 days in advance of discontinuing water supply to a property due to the non-payment of water bills. The bill would also require these local government water purveyors to offer a payment plan if a reasonable request is made before the scheduled date of the water supply discontinuation. The supply of water is a vital and basic need, and every effort should be made to ensure that there is a reasonable opportunity to address any payment issues in order to maintain water supply services. The notice required under the bill would have to be sent to the property owner, the last customer of record, if different, and also to the affected property itself, by hand-delivery, mail, or posting, in order to ensure that any tenant who may not be the customer of record has an opportunity to address the unpaid water bills. If the property is a multiple dwelling, the tenant notice would also have to be posted in the common areas of the building.

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Shirley Turner (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee (on 01/25/2018)