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HOUSE BILL NO. 671 – Electrical corp/contracts/governor

HOUSE BILL NO. 671

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H0671......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS - CONTRACTS - Adds to existing law to provide that
the Governor may negotiate and execute contracts with electrical
corporations; to provide limitations; and to require ratification by the
Legislature.
                                                                        
02/23    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/24    Rpt prt - to St Aff

Bill Text

 H0671
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 671
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES; AMENDING CHAPTER 5, TITLE 61, IDAHO  CODE,  BY
  3        THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 61-541, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOV-
  4        ERNOR MAY NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE CONTRACTS WITH ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS, TO
  5        PROVIDE LIMITATIONS AND TO REQUIRE RATIFICATION BY THE LEGISLATURE.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  5,  Title  61, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  8    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
  9    ignated as Section 61-541, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 10        61-541.  GOVERNOR  MAY NEGOTIATE AND CONTRACT WITH ELECTRICAL CORPORATIONS
 11    -- LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION REQUIRED.  The governor of the state of  Idaho  or
 12    his  designee  may  negotiate and execute a contract on behalf of the state of
 13    Idaho with any electrical corporation for the purpose of preserving the  bene-
 14    fits  of the use of hydropower generation and the use of Idaho's water for the
 15    benefit of its citizens, ratepayers and water  right  holders.  Each  contract
 16    shall provide, among other things:
 17        (1)  That  any  successor  in  interest  to the electric corporation shall
 18    reserve and make available to Idaho citizens and ratepayers,  electric  energy
 19    produced from the hydroelectric system within Idaho boundaries of the electric
 20    corporation  at  the same rate per kilowatt hour that the electric corporation
 21    made such electric energy available before the sale or acquisition; and
 22        (2)  That water rights held by the state of Idaho, its political  subdivi-
 23    sions and individual citizens of the state shall not be infringed.
 24        Any  such contract negotiated and executed by the governor or his designee
 25    is void unless ratified by both houses of the legislature  by  adoption  of  a
 26    concurrent resolution.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

     
     
                 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                       RS 09911 
                           
     The purpose of this legislation is to allow the governor of the state of Idaho to
     negotiate a contract, on behalf of the state of Idaho, with any electrical corporation
     for the purpose of preserving the benefits of hydro-power generation and the use
     of Idaho's water for the benefit of its citizens. 
     
     
     
                    FISCAL IMPACT 
     
     None 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Contact 
     Name: Rep. John Campbell
     Phone: 332-1215 
     
     
                                                  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                                  H 671