Utility provider notice responsibility.

2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0490
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0210

Utility provider notice responsibility.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Henderson and Senator(s) Meier

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to utilities; requiring cities, towns, improvement and service districts, public utilities, and water and sewer districts to provide notice of a past due account to property owners; making a conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S.
15
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7
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115,
18
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12
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141,
37
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3
‑
116
and
41
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10
‑
158

are
created to read:

15
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7
‑
115
.

Notice to property owner of a past due municipal account.

To provide a property owner with information regarding
the owner's
property only, a
city or town shall ensure that notice is provided
to the
property owner of record of a past due m
unicipal water, sewer, electric, trash or recycling
account. One (1) notice shall be sent when an account has been past due for thirty (30) days and one (1) notice shall be sent when an account has been past due for sixty (60) days. Notices required by this section shall be sent to the record owners by first class mail or electronic mail to the record owners' addresses on file with the city or town. Notices required by this section shall be in addition to any notices sent to an account holder. Each city or town shall
adopt appropriate policies
to implement this section.

18
‑
12
‑
141
.

Notice to property owner of a past due
trash or recycling

account.

To provide a property owner with information regarding
the owner's
property only, a
district shall ensure that notice is provided to a property owner of record of a past due
water, sewer,
trash or recycling

account associated with the owner's property. One (1) notice shall be sent when an
account has been past due for thirty (30) days and one (1) notice shall be sent when an account has been past due for sixty (60) days. Notices required by this section shall be sent to the record owners by first class mail or electronic mail to the record owners' addresses on file with the
district
. Notices required by this section shall be in addition to any notices sent to an account holder. Each district shall promulgate appropriate
rules to implement this section.

37
‑
3
‑
116
.

Notice to property owner of a past due
utility
account.

To provide a property owner with information regarding
the owner's
property only, a
public utility shall provide notice to a property owner of record of a past due account associated with the owner's property. One (1) notice shall be sent when an account has been past due for thirty (30) days and one (1) notice shall be sent when an account has been past due for sixty (60) days. Notices required by this section shall be sent to the record owners by first class mail or electronic mail to the record owners' addresses on file with the utility. Notices required by this section
shall be in addition to any notices sent to a utility account holder. The commission shall promulgate appropriate rules to implement this section.

41
‑
10
‑
158
.

Notice to property owner of a past due
water or sewer
account.

To provide a property owner with information regarding
the owner's
property only, a
water district, sewer district or water and sewer district shall ensure that notice is provided to a property owner of record of a past due
water or sewer
account associated with the owner's property. One (1) notice shall be sent when an account has been past due for thirty (30) days and one (1) notice shall be sent when an account has been past due for sixty (60) days. Notices required by this section shall be sent to the record owners by first class mail or electronic mail to the record owners' addresses on file with the
district
. Notices required by this section shall be in addition to any notices sent to an account holder. Each water district, sewer district or water and sewer district shall promulgate appropriate rules to implement this section.

Section 2
.

W.S. 18
‑
12
‑
102(
a)(xi) is amended to read:

18
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12
‑
102
.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(xi)

"This act" means W.S. 18
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12
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101 through
18
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12
‑
140
18
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12
‑
141
;

Section 3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2017.

(END)

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