CHAPTER 162
SB 397-FN – FINAL VERSION
03/10/10 0909s
2010 SESSION
06/09
SENATE BILL 397-FN
AN ACT relative to public utilities commission assessments for the expenses of the consumer advocate.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Rep. Keans, Straf 1
COMMITTEE: Energy, Environment and Economic Development
This bill requires the public utilities commission to charge an assessment to compensate experts employed by the office of the consumer advocate for commission proceedings against a utility participating in such proceedings and to provide for a timely recovery of such amounts.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/10/10 0909s
10-2811
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to public utilities commission assessments for the expenses of the consumer advocate.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
162:1 Office of the Consumer Advocate. Amend RSA 363:28, III to read as follows:
III. The consumer advocate shall have authority to contract for outside consultants within the limits of funds available to the office. With the approval of the fiscal committee of the general court and the governor and council, the office of the consumer advocate may employ experts to assist it in proceedings before the public utilities commission, and may pay them reasonable compensation. The public utilities commission shall charge a special assessment for any such amounts against any utility participating in such proceedings and shall provide for the timely recovery of such amounts for the affected utility.
162:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 17, 2010
Effective Date: June 17, 2010