§ 2968 Municipal Utility Control Retention

• •If most voters in a city vote to keep control over a public utility (like water or electricity), the city keeps that control.
• •The city will manage the utility until they decide to give up that power.
• •This rule was made in 1951.

A city holds a vote on whether they should keep managing their own water supply or let a bigger company take over.

If more than half of the voters say they want the city to keep control, then the city stays in charge of the water supply. They’ll keep running it until they choose to stop.