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CULINARY WATER DISCOUNT

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2018 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Brad M. Daw

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Senate Sponsor: ____________

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions regarding culinary water pricing.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     permits a retail water provider to offer a discount water rate in certain
13     circumstances.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
17          None
18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     AMENDS:
20          73-10-32.5, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 282
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 73-10-32.5 is amended to read:
24          73-10-32.5. Culinary water pricing structure -- Culinary water discount.
25          (1) As used in this section, "retail water provider" means the same as that term is
26     defined in Section 73-10-32.
27          (2) A retail water provider[, as defined in Section 73-10-32,] shall:
28          [(1)] (a) establish a culinary water rate structure that:
29          [(a)] (i) incorporates increasing block units of water used; and
30          [(b)] (ii) provides for an increase in the rate charged for additional block units of water
31     used as usage increases from one block unit to the next;
32          [(2)] (b) provide in customer billing notices, or in a notice that is distributed to
33     customers at least annually, block unit rates and the customer's billing cycle; and
34          [(3)] (c) include individual customer water usage in customer billing notices.
35          (3) A retail water provider may offer a discount water rate to a culinary water customer
36     that uses culinary water for irrigation or landscaping purposes, if the customer meets certain
37     conservation best practices or irrigation efficiencies prescribed by the retail water provider.




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