Mutual water companies.
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Fiscal committee
No
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No
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Overview
This bill modifies the Mutual Water Company Open Meeting Act to simplify attendance requirements for meetings of mutual water companies. Specifically, it eliminates the 24-hour notice requirement for eligible persons to attend board meetings, allowing teleconferencing for smaller companies (under 50 connections) and larger companies (50 or more connections). The bill also requires the provision of documents to eligible persons in electronic form or hard copy and mandates the display of instructions on how to request these documents on the company’s website. Furthermore, the bill requires the board to conduct an assessment of mutual water companies serving disadvantaged communities and to notify those communities about consumer confidence reports.
Key provisions
- Eliminates the 24-hour notice requirement for eligible persons to attend board meetings.
- Authorizes teleconferencing for mutual water companies with less than 50 connections.
- Requires teleconferencing for mutual water companies with 50 or more connections.
- Mandates electronic or hard copy provision of documents to eligible persons upon request.
- Requires display of instructions on the company’s website for requesting documents.
- Requires annual assessment of mutual water companies serving disadvantaged communities.
- Requires notification of consumers (not bill-paying customers) about consumer confidence reports.
- Requires mutual water companies to post a summary of notification efforts on their website.
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