sec.53APProvision about service areas—before water netserv plan is in effect

### sec.53AP Provision about service areas—before water netserv plan is in effect This section applies to a distributor-retailer until the day the distributor-retailer has a water netserv plan. On 1 July 2010, the service area for a distributor-retailer as a service provider under the Water Supply Act , chapter 2 , part 5 , consists of the existing service areas of its participating local governments. The distributor-retailer may amend the service area by adding an area to, or removing an area from, the service area. If the distributor-retailer amends the service area, the distributor-retailer must publish a notice of the amendment in a newspaper circulating generally throughout its geographic area. In this section— existing service area , of a participating local government, means the local government’s service areas under the Water Supply Act immediately before 1 July 2010 that relate to the distributor-retailer’s water service or wastewater service. s 53AP ins 2010 No. 20 s 9 (sec.53AP-ssec.1) This section applies to a distributor-retailer until the day the distributor-retailer has a water netserv plan. (sec.53AP-ssec.2) On 1 July 2010, the service area for a distributor-retailer as a service provider under the Water Supply Act , chapter 2 , part 5 , consists of the existing service areas of its participating local governments. (sec.53AP-ssec.3) The distributor-retailer may amend the service area by adding an area to, or removing an area from, the service area. (sec.53AP-ssec.4) If the distributor-retailer amends the service area, the distributor-retailer must publish a notice of the amendment in a newspaper circulating generally throughout its geographic area. (sec.53AP-ssec.5) In this section— existing service area , of a participating local government, means the local government’s service areas under the Water Supply Act immediately before 1 July 2010 that relate to the distributor-retailer’s water service or wastewater service.