2009 Senate Bill 538

Impose restrictions on utility shutoff for nonpayment

Introduced in the Senate

May 5, 2009

Introduced by Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D-23)

To give the state Attorney General or any customer the authority to sue a municipal utility that failed to comply with restrictions on shutting off the service of a customer who hasn’t paid his or her bills, if the injury or death occurred following the shutoff.

Referred to the Committee on Energy Policy and Public Utilities