Proposed H.B. No. 5143
Session Year 2025

AN ACT REQUIRING THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND CONSUMER COUNSEL TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY.

To require that the Attorney General and the Consumer Counsel, or their respective designees, be appointed to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.

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