| Show PUBliC UTIliTIES Bill AMEN AMENDED OED BY SENATE Measure Advanced to Third Reading Calendar Vote Likely Tuesday After adopting two amendments the state senate today unanImous unanimously advanced ad from second the third readIng reading reading read read- ing calendar the Peters bill bm to amend the public utilities act lct to allow the public utilities to provide counsel for tor protestants against rate increases and to forbid tle abrogation 0 of con lJ 1 acta tracts between corporations and municipalities where a consideration of the contract was sale calo of or the utility b by the municipality Where protestants are provided with legal leal counsel engineers or ac accountant accountants ac- ac countant as provided In the Peters bill the protestants snail flail l select the personnel of ot their aids under one atthe of at the amendments passed today The other amendment deprives the Utilities commission of Jurisdiction OV over r the Installation establishment maintenance service and rates of municipally owned or operated light tight or water plants plante The Tte Peters bill but got before the senate senate senate sen sen- ate through special order proceedings Immediately following the o- o at Senator Peters' Peters suggestion of senate bill 93 91 also alao relating to public utilities which forbids 5 the commission lon granting exclusive franchises franchises fran tran- to stage lines over oyer roads of the state Senator Peters offered no explanation for his request for tor re recommitment recommitment re- re commitment but it was not opposed SPECIAL ORDER MOVED Senator David ld Hirschi author of ot the tho bill which was intended to abolish abolIsh abolish abol abol- ish the utilities commission and which was killed In the senate last wk week asked aked that the special order be made of or all bins bills relating to the publio utilities commission Senator W. W D. D Candland remarked that he would like to see the motion apply to all aU bills billa relating to departments departments departments depart depart- ments of state stat government lie He said that the of at bills threatenIng threatening threaten threaten- ing material change In la the duties of various arious departments was handicapping handicapping handi handi- capping the work of ot the appropriations committee in to making makInI up the budget The other senators however how how- ever ver voted down his amendment and decided to advance ance only the Peters bill bUt TUESDAY As a result of the action final 1 will probably be bad had on the measure tomorrow An effort was Wall made on a motion by Senator HIrschi to suspend the rules and pass pas the tho measure toda today but a close vote re reI resulted re- re I suited which President nt McKay ruled had killed the motion 2 No o request was waa made for a standing vote The bill ot pi l Representative E E. R. R relating to sanitary facilities in the operators operators' rooms of motion picture theatres was killed the tho argument that passage would Jus j the theatre owners a large amount of expense and would result in little good r |
