HB414 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

John W. Rogers

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Water works board, exempting certain counties from appointing a member to the water board, Sec. 11-50-301 am'd.

Summary

HB414 would change how counties appoint members to Alabama's municipal water works boards by raising the customer threshold for appointment and removing appointment rights for counties with board-owned reservoirs.

What This Bill Does

It amends Section 11-50-301 to require more than 25,000 water customers in a county outside the principal location for a county to appoint a board member, up from 5,000. It also eliminates the ability of counties where the board owns a major reservoir located entirely within the county to appoint a member. The bill reorganizes the board’s composition to include appointments by the mayor, by the municipal governing body, by the association of mayors, and by qualifying counties, with specific residency and customer requirements. It becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage, at which time the water board would reorganize under the new rules.

Who It Affects

• Counties outside the principal location that currently could appoint a board member will be affected because only counties with more than 25,000 water customers served by the board (in that county) can appoint a member.
• Counties in which the board owns a major reservoir located entirely within the county will lose the ability to appoint a board member (and any existing member appointed for that reason would be removed).

Key Provisions

• Raises the threshold for county appointments from more than 5,000 to more than 25,000 water customers served in the county (outside the principal location).
• Eliminates the ability of counties where the board owns a major reservoir located entirely within the county to appoint a board member.
• Redesigns board composition: two members appointed by the mayor, four by the authorizing municipality’s governing body, one member appointed by the association of mayors (outside the municipal limits, residing in the county, and who is a water customer; term limited to one full term), and one member appointed by the county commission of each qualifying county meeting the appointment threshold or reservoir condition.
• Requires all board members to be residents of the appointing jurisdiction and to be water customers of the board.
• Effective date triggers a reorganization of the water board under the new structure.

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Subjects

Waterworks Board