Sec. 16-262a. Water company to have area resident as director or advisory council of area residents.
Sec. 16-262a. Water company to have area resident as director or advisory
council of area residents. The board of directors of each water company shall include
at least one member who is a resident of the area served by such company and who is
not an officer or employee of the company; provided, in lieu of this requirement, such
company may establish an area advisory council, consisting of three or more members
who are residents of the area served by the company and who are not officers or employees of the company. The members of the advisory council shall be appointed as follows:
(1) If the service area contains three or more municipalities, the chief elected official
of each municipality shall appoint one member to the council, (2) if the service area
contains two municipalities, the chief elected official of each municipality shall appoint
one member and the local legislative body shall appoint one member and (3) if the service
area contains one municipality, the chief elected official shall appoint two members and
the local legislative body shall appoint two members. Such company shall report to the
Department of Public Utility Control, within thirty days after appointment, the names
and towns of residence of such appointees. Each company having such a council shall,
through its officers and board of directors, consult and advise with the council on matters
of local interest.
(1961, P.A. 220; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 115, 348; P.A. 91-300, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced
public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of
business regulation; P.A. 91-300 added provision concerning the appointment of advisory council members by the chief
elected official and the local legislative body, replacing provision whereby company appointed members.