66-104c. Certain nonprofit public utilities not subject to commission jurisdiction. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), no nonprofit public utility shall be subject to the jurisdiction, regulation, supervision and control of the state corporation commission if the utility meets the following conditions: (1) Every customer, shareholder, household or meter owner is an owner of the utility and has an equal vote on matters concerning the utility; (2) the utility employs no full-time employees; and (3) the utility has no more than 100 customers, provided that customer additions resulting from sales or transfers of real property or rights in tenancy shall not be counted for purposes of determining the maximum number of customers.

(b) The state corporation commission shall retain jurisdiction and control over the service territory of a utility described in subsection (a) and over all matters concerning natural gas pipeline safety.

History: L. 1990, ch. 239, § 1; L. 1999, ch. 126, § 1; July 1.