BEFORE
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF
THE STATE OF MISSOURI
In the
Matter of the Joint Application of )
Hickory
Hills Water & Sewer Co., Inc. and )
Missouri-American
Water Company, for ) File Nos. WA-2016-0019
MAWC to
Acquire Certain Water and Sewer Assets ) and SA-2016-0020
of Hickory
Hills and, in Connection Therewith, Issue )
Indebtedness
and Encumber Assets. )
ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT APPLICATION
Issue Date: July 29, 2015 Effective
Date: July 29, 2015
The application seeks authorization for a transfer of assets. In
compliance with the governing statute,[1] the
application alleges that the transfer sought will not affect the tax revenues
of any political subdivision. [2] Neither
those political subdivisions nor the counties in which those political
subdivisions lie (“affected political subdivisions”) are listed in the
application. The commission’s regulations do not require that information.
Nevertheless, the counties containing affected political subdivisions are due
notice under the same statute:
The
commission shall send a copy of all information obtained by it as to what . . .
impact such [transaction] will have on the tax revenues of various political
subdivisions to the county clerk of each county in which any portion of a
political subdivision which will be affected by such disposition is located. [[3]]
Some political
subdivisions may cross county lines so the Commission’s duty is to send
information to the clerks of counties, not only where the assets are located,
but where any affected political subdivision is located. Therefore, the
Commission will order the application supplemented.
THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:
1. No later than August 10, 2015, the applicants
shall file a supplement to the application listing each county in which an
affected political subdivision, as described in the body of this order, is
located.
2.
This
order shall be effective when issued.
BY
THE COMMISSION
Morris L. Woodruff
Secretary
Daniel Jordan, Senior Regulatory
Law
Judge, by delegation of authority
pursuant
to Section 386.240, RSMo 2000.
Dated at
on this 29th day of July, 2015.