Sec. 1.3. (a) This chapter applies to the following:

(1) A public utility established to provide water service that is:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-2.7-1.3

  • commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • sewage treatment provider: means a legal entity that provides only sewage treatment service to a not-for-profit sewage disposal company. See Indiana Code 8-1-2.7-1.6
(A) privately owned and serves less than three hundred (300) customers;

(B) a not-for-profit utility (as defined by IC 8-1-2-125(a));

(C) a cooperative corporation exempt from state and federal income taxation; or

(D) a conservancy district established under IC 14-33-2 that:

(i) has as a purpose of the district the provision of a water supply, including the treatment and distribution of water, for domestic, industrial, and public use; and

(ii) provides water service to less than two thousand (2,000) customers.

(2) A public utility established to provide sewage disposal service (as defined in IC 8-1-2-89(a)(1)) that holds a certificate of territorial authority as required by IC 8-1-2-89, and that is:

(A) privately owned and serves less than three hundred (300) customers;

(B) a not-for-profit utility (as defined in IC 8-1-2-125(a)); or

(C) a cooperative corporation exempt from state and federal income taxation.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (b), a legal entity providing only sewage treatment service to a not-for-profit sewage disposal company.

     (b) Subsection (a)(3) does not include a sewage treatment provider that is otherwise subject to the commission‘s jurisdiction.

As added by P.L.82-1997, SEC.2 and P.L.80-1997, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.159-1999, SEC.2; P.L.78-2007, SEC.1.