Amends Chapter 225 of the Public Acts of 1959.

Present law provides that representation on the board of trustees for the Citizens Gas Utility District of Scott and Morgan counties must be apportioned so that, at all times, three of the trustees are residents of Scott County and two of the trustees are residents of Morgan County. Election of trustees are conducted so that the consumer owners of the district who reside in Scott County vote on each trustee to be elected from Scott County and the consumer owners of the district who reside in Morgan County vote on each trustee to be elected from Morgan County.<br /> <br /> This bill, revises the above provisions so that, beginning with the August 2025 election of the Scott County seat on the board, representation of the board of trustees will be apportioned so that, at all times, two, instead of three, of the trustees will be residents of Scott County, two of the trustees will be residents of Morgan County, and one of the trustees will serve as an at large elected member who must reside in either Scott or Morgan County. This bill sets out in detail the process for such election. The August 2025 trustee election in Scott County will establish the first and permanent "at large" trustee which will be for a five-year term like other trustee offices. District customers will continue to vote only within the geographical boundaries of their county residences or entity locations as evidenced by their meter registrations.<br /> <br /> This bill authorizes the board of trustees to vote to approve the collateral and logistical procedures necessary or appropriate to facilitate the operative details of conducting a public election for the "at large" commissioner seat, as it is authorized to do in all other trustee elections. Such bylaws may contain, if deemed by the board of trustees to be legally necessary or appropriate, specific enactments to establish and clarify that all district customers residing in or having their entity located within the geographical boundaries of Fentress County and who are approved for service by the district are authorized to vote exclusively in Morgan County board of trustee elections and in at large trustee elections. However, such district customers residing in or having their entity located within the geographical boundaries of Fentress County will not be qualified or authorized to run for election as a member of the board of trustees for the district.<br />