PRINTER'S NO. 35
No. 26 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY SEVENTY, DeLUCA, DUFFY, DAWIDA, MURPHY, COWELL,
PISTELLA, OLASZ, MICHLOVIC, GAMBLE, CAWLEY, JAROLIN,
LASHINGER, LUCYK AND ALDERETTE, JANUARY 26, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, JANUARY 26, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, restricting the collection of certain
3 utility billings.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8 § 1316. Billing errors.
9 If a public utility renders a bill to a service customer
10 which understates the correct billing amount because of an error
11 on the part of the utility, the utility may send the service
12 customer a corrected bill within 12 months of the date of the
13 erroneous billing, but in no case shall the utility collect any
14 amount owed them on an erroneous billing to any service customer
15 after the aforementioned 12-month period.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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