Connecticut General Statutes Title 2. General Assembly and Legislative Agencies § 2-20a. Bills seeking incorporation and franchise for water companies

No bill for the incorporation and franchise of a water company shall be heard by the General Assembly, or any committee thereof, unless the applicant has filed with the bill written reports from each of the following: The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Department of Public Health and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Such report of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall set forth the results of investigation by said authority with respect to the financial condition of the proposed company, the nature of the system and the adequacy of the water supply, together with its recommendations and such other information as it deems pertinent. The report of the Department of Public Health shall set forth the results of investigation by said department with respect to the potability of the water supply and such other information as it deems pertinent. The report of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall set forth the result of investigation by said department with respect to the adequacy of the water supply to serve present and future customers, the effect on water supplies of other systems and such other information as it deems pertinent. Each request for a report required by this section shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars. The General Assembly shall enact no legislation granting a franchise to a water company unless a public hearing is held by a committee of the General Assembly on the proposed bill, and unless at least five days before such hearing, proponents of the bill publish notice of such proposed bill and the hearing to be held thereon in a newspaper having general circulation in the area affected.