HB3428 S ECD AMT #1 2-21

Lazell  7879

The Committee on Economic Development moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 3428—H. B. 3428 -- A Bill to amend and reenact §24-2-1n, relating to the West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program; establishing the West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program as a permanent program; authorizing industrial development agencies to recommend required criteria for utility service to certain industrial development sites; giving Public Service Commission discretion to certify sites based on required criteria for utility service; providing for public utilities that can meet required criteria to apply to Public Service Commission for a certain plan to provide utility services to industrial development sites; waiving public hearing on proposed rate change for utility service to industrial development sites if no substantial opposition is received; eliminating the cap on the number of industrial development sites that may be designated by the Public Service Commission; eliminating certain requirements that industrial development sites be apportioned geographically amongst West Virginia’s congressional districts; and eliminating the sunset provision of the West Virginia Business Ready Sites Program.

Adopted

Rejected