March 19, 1999

Mr. Speaker:

Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

SENATE BILL 428, as amended

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. Strike House Business and Industry Committee Amendments 1, 3 through 8, and 10 through 22.

2. Strike Senate Judiciary Committee Amendments 35 and 36.

3. On page 22, line 17, before the semicolon insert ", including practices that unfairly impede a customer from self-generating a portion of his supply service requirements".

4. On page 34, strike line 25 in its entirety and on page 35, strike line 1 through the period and insert in lieu thereof:

"all retail kilowatt-hour sales in the state billed by public utilities, municipal utilities and distribution cooperative utilities beginning January 1, 2002. On January 1, 2007, the system benefits charge shall increase to six-hundredths of one cent ($.0006) per kilowatt-hour.".

5. On page 35, line 7, strike "2001" and insert in lieu thereof "2002".

6. On page 38, line 22, strike "and".

7. On page 39, line 6, strike the period and insert in lieu thereof "; and".

8. On page 39, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following new paragraph:

"(5) no more than four million dollars ($4,000,000) to the governing body of a community, where limited or no electric service is available, to develop electric service through the initiation and implementation of new projects, including those using renewable energy, to provide or extend electric service in these communities.".

9. On page 39, strike lines 9 through 13 and insert in lieu thereof:

"report on disbursements made from the fund to include, at a minimum:

(1) a list of recipients receiving disbursements;

(2) the amount of each disbursement;

(3) the date of each disbursement;

(4) a description of each project or expansion funded with a disbursement;

(5) a description of each project's contribution to the state's knowledge and use of renewable energy and developing technologies; and

(6) a description of the expansion of electric service in the state.".

10. On page 53, strike Section 22 in its entirety and insert in lieu thereof the following new section:

"Section 22. COMMISSION REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS.--The commission shall docket a proceeding to review the system benefits charge and the system benefits fund, their operation and effectiveness, and then to make recommendations to the legislature by January 10, 2004 for any repeal of or changes to these provisions.".

Respectfully submitted,

Max Coll, Chairman

Adopted Not Adopted

(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

The roll call vote was 16 For 0 Against

Yes: 16

Excused: Abeyta

Absent: None

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