March 5, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Nesbitt and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy.
A bill to amend 1951 PA 35, entitled
"An act to authorize intergovernmental contracts between municipal
corporations; to authorize any municipal corporation to contract
with any person or any municipal corporation to furnish any lawful
municipal service to property outside the corporate limits of the
first municipal corporation for a consideration; to prescribe
certain penalties; to authorize contracts between municipal
corporations and with certain nonprofit public transportation
corporations to form group self-insurance pools; and to prescribe
conditions for the performance of those contracts,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 124.3), as amended by 2000 PA 155.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3. (1) A municipal corporation may contract for adequate
consideration with a person or another municipal corporation to
furnish to property outside the municipal corporate limits any
lawful municipal service that it is furnishing to property within
the municipal corporate limits. A municipal corporation may sell
and deliver heat, power, and light in amounts as determined by the
governing body of the utility, except for both of the following:
(a) Electric delivery service is limited to the area of any
city, village, or township that was contiguous to the municipal
corporation as of June 20, 1974, and to the area of any other city,
village, or township being served by the municipal utility as of
June 20, 1974.
(b) Retail sales of electric generation service are limited to
the area of any city, village, or township that was contiguous to
the municipal corporation as of June 20, 1974, and to the area of
any other city, village, or township being served by the municipal
utility as of June 20, 1974, unless the municipal corporation is in
compliance
with section 10y(4) 10y of 1939 PA 3, MCL 460.10y.
(2) A municipal corporation shall not render electric delivery
service for heat, power, or light to customers outside its
corporate limits already receiving the service from another utility
unless the serving utility consents in writing.
(3) As used in this section:
(a)
"Electric delivery service" has the same meaning as
"delivery
service" under section 10y of 1939 PA 3, MCL
460.10y.means providing electric transmission or
distribution to a
retail customer.
(b) "Electric generation service" means the sale of electric
power and related ancillary services.
(c) "Person" means an individual, partnership, association,
governmental entity, or other legal entity.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4298 (request no.
01467'15) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.