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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Clarify the Definitions of Consumer-owned Utilities’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the emergency clause and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3201, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 316, §3, is amended to read:
 
6. Consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility.   "Consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility" means any transmission and distribution utility wholly owned by its consumers, including,its consumers served in the State. "Consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility" includes but is not limited to:
 
A. The transmission and distribution portion of a rural electrification cooperative organized under chapter 37;
 
B. The transmission and distribution portion of an electrification cooperative organized on a cooperative plan under the laws of the State;
 
C. A municipal or quasi-municipal transmission and distribution utility located in the State;
 
D. The transmission and distribution portion of a municipal or quasi-municipal entity located in the State providing generation and other services; and
 
E. A transmission and distribution utility wholly owned by a municipality located in the State.
Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3501, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 398, Pt. A, §85 and affected by §§104 and 105, is further amended to read:
 
1. Consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility.   For the purposes of this chapter, "consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility" means any transmission and distribution utility that is wholly owned by its consumers, including,its consumers served in the State. "Consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility" includes but is not limited to:
 
A. Any rural electrification cooperative organized under chapter 37;
 
B. Any electrification cooperative organized on a cooperative plan under the laws of the State;
 
C. Any municipal or quasi-municipal transmission and distribution utility located in the State;
 
D. The portion of any municipal or quasi-municipal entity located in the State providing transmission and distribution services; and
 
E. Any transmission and distribution utility wholly owned by a municipality located in the State.
Sec. 3. 35-A MRSA §6101, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 490, Pt. B, §11, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
1-A.  Consumer-owned water utility.     "Consumer-owned water utility" means any water utility which is wholly owned by its consumers, including its consumers served in the State. "Consumer-owned water utility" includes but is not limited to:
 
A.  Any municipal or quasi-municipal water district or corporation located in the State;
 
B.  Any municipal water department located in the State; or
 
C. The water portion of any utility wholly owned by a municipality or district located in the State.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment amends the definition of "consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility" in the bill. The amendment specifies that a consumer-owned transmission and distribution utility is wholly owned by its consumers, including its consumers served by the utility in this State. The amendment also adds a provision to amend the definition of "consumer-owned water utility" in the same way and makes other clarifying changes to the language in the bill.