Signed by Governor Spencer Cox

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits municipalities and counties from restricting the connection of certain energy utility services.

Highlights:

• Prohibits a municipality from enacting an ordinance, a resolution, or a policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an energy utility service provided by a public utility. This does not apply to the following (Sec. 1-1):

• An incentive offered by a municipality; or

• A building owned by a municipality.

• Prohibits a county from enacting an ordinance, a resolution, or a policy that prohibits, or has the effect of prohibiting, the connection or reconnection of an energy utility service provided by a public utility. This does not apply to the following (Sec. 2-1):

• An incentive offered by a county; or

• A building owned by a county.

Full Bill Text