Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas SB594: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPLY A PUBLIC SERVICE OR TO EXTEND A PUBLIC SERVICE
Status: Chaptered, April 18, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to amend the law concerning exemptions for certificates of public convenience and necessity for new construction to supply a public service or to extend a public service; and for other purposes. subtitle to amend the law concerning exemptions for certificates of public convenience and necessity for new construction to supply a public service or to extend a public service.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPLY A PUBLIC SERVICE OR TO EXTEND A PUBLIC SERVICE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION TO SUPPLY A PUBLIC SERVICE OR TO EXTEND A PUBLIC SERVICE. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 23-3-201(b)(1), concerning exemptions from the requirement of obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity, is amended to read as follows: (b)(1) This section does not: (1) require Require a certificate of public convenience and necessity for: (A) The replacement or expansion of existing equipment or facilities with similar equipment or facilities in substantially the same location or the rebuilding, upgrading, modernizing, or reconstructing of equipment or facilities that increase capacity if no increase in the width of an existing right-of-way is required; (B) The construction or operation of equipment or facilities for supplying a public service that has begun under a limited or *ANS429* 03/31/2025 4:20:33 PM ANS429 SB594 conditional certificate or authority as provided in §§ 23-3-203 -- 23-3-205; (C) The extension of a public service: (i) Within a municipality or district where a public …
Sponsors
- (R, 6) · primary sponsor