Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

Filed: 3/13/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1379

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1379, AS AMENDED,
3with reference to page and line numbers of House Amendment No.
41 as follows:
 
5on page 4, by replacing lines 12 through 25 with the following:
6    "(c) If a large public utility elects the procedures under
7this Section to establish the rate base of a water or sewer
8utility that it is acquiring, then 3 appraisals shall be
9performed. The average of these 3 appraisals shall represent
10the fair market value of the water or sewer utility that is
11being acquired. The appraisals shall be performed by 3
12appraisers selected by the Commission's water department
13manager and engaged by either the water or sewer utility being
14acquired or by the large public utility. The Commission's water
15department manager shall select the appraisers within 30 days
16after the water department manager is officially notified. Each
17appraiser shall be engaged on reasonable terms approved by the

 

 

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1Commission. Each appraiser shall be a disinterested person
2licensed as a State certified general real estate appraiser
3under the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002.
4    Each appraiser shall:"; and
 
5on page 6, by replacing line 9 with the following:
6    "(d) The lesser of (i) the purchase price or (ii) the fair
7market value determined under subsection (c) of this Section".