Sec. 3. (a) This section applies to a district established for the purpose of providing water supply, including treatment and distribution for domestic, industrial, and public use.

     (b) A public utility engaged in the production, transmission, or distribution of water may:

(1) initiate water service; or

(2) expand the public utility’s water service area;

within the boundaries of a district described in subsection (a) if the public utility has received an order from the Indiana utility regulatory commission, after notice and hearing, that public convenience and necessity requires the additional service.

     (c) For the purposes of this section, the area of a district includes the additional area in which the district may serve users under IC 14-33-20.

[Pre-1995 Recodification Citation: 13-3-3-95.]

As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.26.