PRINTER'S NO. 1378
No. 1225 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY STUBAN AND GATSKI, MAY 7, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, MAY 7, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," further providing for the
21 powers and duties of the Consumer Advocate.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 904-A, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
25 No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," added July
26 9, 1976 (P.L.903, No.161), is amended by adding a subsection to
27 read:
28 Section 904-A. Powers and Duties of the Consumer Advocate.--
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2 (f) The Consumer Advocate shall have the authority to
3 advocate on behalf of the consumers of Pennsylvania before the
4 Nuclear Regulatory Commission or any other agency of the Federal
5 or State Government in any proceeding relating to or involving
6 licensing or any other matter concerning nuclear powered
7 generating facilities, including such facilities in existence,
8 under construction and in development within the Commonwealth.
9 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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