1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to utilities; requiring notice to city when customer's heat source 
1.3 	disconnected;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.681, by adding a 
1.4 	subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 216B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 13.681, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.Disconnection. Utility data on disconnections provided to cities under 
1.9 	section 216B.0976 shall be treated as private data on individuals or nonpublic data.

1.10 	Sec. 2. [216B.0976] CENTRALIZED FILING OF UTILITY DISCONNECTION.
1.11 	Notwithstanding section 13.685 or any other law or administrative rule to the 
1.12 	contrary, a public utility, cooperative electric association, or municipal utility that 
1.13 	involuntarily disconnects a customer's gas or electric service must provide notice as 
1.14 	prescribed by this section, of the disconnection to a statutory or home rule charter city. 
1.15 	Upon written request from a city, on October 15 and November 1 of each year, or the next 
1.16 	business day if that date falls on a Saturday or Sunday, a report must be made available 
1.17 	of the address of properties currently disconnected and the date of the disconnection. 
1.18 	Upon written request from a city, between October 15 and April 15, daily reports must 
1.19 	be made available of the address and date of any newly disconnected property where the 
1.20 	disconnection affects the primary heat source of a residence and service is not reconnected 
1.21 	within 24 hours. For the purpose of this section, "involuntary disconnection" means a 
1.22 	disconnection initiated by the public utility, cooperative electric association, or municipal 
1.23 	utility.