The Subcommittee on Environment, Infrastructure, and Technology met this evening.
Markup and Passage
House Bill 2156 imposes a time limit of 60 days for the Department of Highways to approve or deny entry permits for work on state highways. If the DOH does not decide within 60 days, the application is considered approved. Changes can be requested once. If the changes are contested, the DOH must respond within 30 days. The strike and insert bill adds if the access is for timbering, the DOH must reply within 15 days, with a 7-day response time for contested changes. The bill advances to the Committee of Energy and Public Works.
House Bill 2502 establishes limits on billing practices of internet and phone providers that fail to provide a subscribed customer service for five or more days to automatically credit the customer’s account for lack of service for those days. The committee amendment adds reporting requirements to the Attorney General. The amended bill was laid over to the next meeting.
Committee Hearing
House Bill 2742 creates a limited waiver from the certificate of public convenience and necessity requirement for certain water or sewer service projects. The bill makes permanent the reviewing process of the Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council. The bill advances to the passage and markup stage.
Following the consideration of bills, the committee heard presentations for the Office of Technology and the Department of Environmental Protection.
