Sec. 16-259. Inspection of meters. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 16-259. Inspection of meters. Upon petition of any person and the payment of a fee of ten dollars for each meter, the Department of Public Utility Control may cause to be inspected any meter used in measuring electricity, gas or water supplied to the petitioner. The department may prescribe such limits of variation from accurate registration by such meters as it determines to be reasonable. The company supplying electricity, gas or water through any such meter shall reimburse the petitioner for the inspection fee if the meter is found not to register accurately within the limit of variation so prescribed, and the company may not again use the meter until it is corrected and approved by the department.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5671; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 113, 348; P.A. 81-348, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 81-348 increased fee from $1 to $10 and made inspection optional rather than mandatory.