Video & Transcript Research : 'affiliated systems'

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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Urban and Rural Development Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Urban and Rural Development

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  • Would allow those unregulated privately-owned sewer systems, which are affiliated with a regulated sewer
  • system, to elect to come under the regulation of the Public Service Commission.
  • If you have systems that want to try to go in, that's how they can go in.
  • What I understand about reading the bill is that if you have a sewer system—and I remember the Shelby
  • You could have a regulated system, and you can have an unregulated system.
Bills: HB68, HB140, HB168
Keywords: foreign investment, agriculture, property rights, critical infrastructure, sanctions, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates, wastewater management, Alabama utilities, Jefferson County Board of Health
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 19th, 2025

State Governmental Affairs

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  • It will allow unregulated, privately owned sewer systems to come under the jurisdiction of the PSC.
  • The Shelby County sewer systems are owned by a parent company that owns additional unregulated sewer
  • systems in other counties, and that's what prompted this legislation.
Bills: SB137, SB164, SB165, SB49
Keywords: sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Fiscal Responsibility

Transcript Highlights:
  • The reason why is in the city of Birmingham school system.
  • In the city of Birmingham school system, it was noted about a year ago, I think, that by the end of 2023
  • We worked with the Department of Labor and the teacher retirement systems.
Bills: SB197, HB140, SB214, HB214, HB147, HB270, SB73
Keywords: business regulation, nonprofit entities, electronic filing, merger agreements, limited liability companies, partnerships, property transfer, termination fees, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on State Government (11-13-25) - Reupload

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  • VVSG 2.1, that's voluntary voting system VVSG 2.1, that's voluntary voting system guidelines,<00
  • <01:16:38.640> We used uh the heart voting systems. We used uh the heart voting systems.
  • 10 operating system.
  • So what that does is that system.
Keywords: Discussion of BR 25 (2026 RS) 04:15 Presentation on voting systems by ES&S 48:14 Presentation on voting systems by Hart InterCivic and Harp Enterprises 01:13:07, 958, all
Summary: The committee met to approve the October 21 minutes and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal relating to prohibited uses of tax dollars and public resources. The sponsors said the bill is intended to strengthen existing law by adding civil and criminal penalties for taxpayer-funded advocacy on ballot questions, especially in light of controversies during the 2024 election over school officials and districts using public resources to oppose a constitutional amendment. They also described related concerns about school districts hiring third-party lobbyists and public relations firms, particularly in Fayette County, and said the proposal was meant to keep tax dollars focused on public services rather than political persuasion. Committee members raised several concerns about scope and drafting. Some asked whether the bill should specifically mention schools, school boards, and school employees, and the sponsors said they would add that language. Others questioned whether the measure would also affect local government lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, and the sponsors said they intended to focus narrowly on schools while exempting certain advocacy organizations and internal government lobbyists. Members also asked whether public employees could still speak as private individuals, and the sponsors said yes. Several members suggested splitting the lobbying and ballot-advocacy issues into separate bills, and the sponsors said they would consider that. Members also pressed for clarification on how the bill would apply in practice, including whether it would cover legal challenges to petition drives or only advocacy after a question is on the ballot. Counsel for the sponsors said the bill would not cover some petition-related litigation as drafted, though they believed it should. The sponsors and supporters argued the proposal was needed to give the existing prohibition real enforcement, while some members warned that the language could unintentionally limit legitimate public representation or be too broad if not carefully drafted. No final vote was taken during the discussion.
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on State Government (11-13-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • > blocking<00:13:06.160> constituents school system were blocking constituents school system
  • <00:29:29.200> are just a city versus a county system are just a city versus a county system
  • facilities and the entire voting system facilities and the entire voting system is<00:57:49.839>
  • <01:16:42.640> We used uh the heart voting systems. We used uh the heart voting systems.
  • . system. system.
Keywords: Discussion of BR 25 (2026 RS) 04:15 Presentation on voting systems by ES&S 48:14 Presentation on voting systems by Hart InterCivic and Harp Enterprises 01:13:07, 958, all
Summary: The committee met, approved the October 21 minutes, and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal to prohibit the use of tax dollars and public resources to advocate for or against ballot questions, including constitutional amendments. Senator Rawlings and the other presenters argued the current law already bars such advocacy but lacks meaningful enforcement, citing the 2024 school choice amendment campaign and other examples where public officials and school systems allegedly used taxpayer-funded resources to influence voters. They said the bill would add civil and criminal penalties, while preserving First Amendment rights for public employees acting in their personal capacities. Much of the discussion focused on whether the bill should be limited to school districts or broadened to cover other public entities, and on how to define terms such as “advocating in impartial terms.” Members raised concerns about possible effects on county and city lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, on legitimate factual explanations by public officials, and on whether the bill could unintentionally restrict needed representation for local governments. The sponsors said the measure was intended to be narrow, would be vetted further, and would not bar individuals from speaking on their own behalf. Several members suggested revisions. Representative Lockett asked that schools and school employees be specifically named, and suggested separating the lobbying restrictions from the ballot-measure provisions into different bills. Representative Layman questioned the meaning of the bill’s language and whether it would cover factual testimony by officials. Representative Heen asked about a Jefferson County example involving legal fees used to challenge petition signatures; counsel said that situation would likely be allowable under the bill as drafted, though some members thought it should be covered. No final vote was taken on BR 25 during this discussion.
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Feb 10, 2021 @ 9:30 AM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HET Public Hearing - Wed Feb 3, 2021 @ 2:00PM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Apr 15, 2021 @ 2 PM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Wed Apr 14, 2021 @ 2PM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HET Public Hearing - Wed Apr 7, 2021 @ 2 PM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CMV Public Hearing - Wed Apr 7, 2021 @ 9 AM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CAI Public Hearing - Wed Apr 7, 2021 @ 10 AM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

ECD Public Hearing - Wed Apr 7, 2021 @ 11:00 AM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Apr 6, 2021 @ 2 PM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PDP Public Hearing - Tue Apr 6, 2021 @ 10:30 AM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Mon Apr 5, 2021 @ 2 PM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Tue Apr 6, 2021 @ 10 AM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Apr 6, 2021 @ 8:30 AM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Apr 1, 2021 @ 2 PM

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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Mar 30, 2021 @ 2 PM