Statewide Amendment 8 that voters across Alabama will see on their ballots Tuesday applies only to Shelby County and concerns sewer service for residents in the north part of the county along the U.S. 280 corridor.

Amendment 8 would place certain privately owned sewer systems that serve the area under the regulation of the Alabama Public Service Commission.

Shelby County Manager Chad Scroggins said the amendment came in response to concerns from citizens over the last decade or so about rates charged by three systems owned by SouthWest Water Company. Scroggins said the Shelby County Commission and the county’s legislative delegation supported the amendment.

If voters approve the amendment, the PSC would regulate the rates charged by the sewer systems to households and businesses. The PSC is an elected, three-member board that regulates utilities, including 25 water and waste water utilities.

The amendment would allow Shelby County or municipalities in the county to opt out of the PSC regulation if they enter a rate agreement with the sewer systems.

Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, sponsored the bill that became Amendment 8. It passed the Senate with no opposition last year and passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 66-4. Amendments applying to a single county go on the ballot statewide unless the Legislature passes a resolution to make it a single-county vote, and it takes just one no vote from a lawmaker to defeat the resolution.

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