2003 Senate Bill 195 ↩

House Roll Call 24: Passed

To subject the water and sewer customer rate-setting decisions of the Detroit water and sewer system to a five-member oversight body similar to the state Public Service Commission (which oversees price controls on utility rates). The new commission would have members appointed by the City of Detroit, and by Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Genesee Counties. It would approve or reject proposed rates, and provide other oversight functions. Local governments which add surcharges to the Detroit water and sewer fees would be required to annually itemize those surcharges on the bills sent to individual customers. The House version of the bill both prescribes the precise authority of the new commission, and creates the commission. The latter provision was previously contained in House Bill 4206.