PRINTER'S NO. 1127
No. 974 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY VROON, STAIRS, NAHILL, BOWSER, WILSON, PITTS,
GRUPPO AND SEMMEL, MAY 11, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, MAY 11, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for members of the
3 commission.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 301(a) and (e) of Title 66 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 301. Establishment, members, qualifications and chairman.
9 (a) Appointment and terms of members.--The Pennsylvania
10 Public Utility Commission, established by the act of March 31,
11 1937 (P.L.160, No.43), as an independent administrative
12 commission, is hereby continued as such and shall consist of
13 five members who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with
14 the advice and consent of [two-thirds] a majority of all the
15 members of the Senate, for a term of [ten] five years. No
16 commissioner upon the expiration of his term shall continue to
17 hold office until his successor shall be duly appointed or shall
18 be qualified. No more than three members shall be of the same
1 political party.
2 * * *
3 (e) Compensation.--Each of the commissioners shall receive
4 an annual salary of [$35,000, as of January 1, 1977, and
5 $40,000, as of January 1, 1978] $50,000, except the chairman,
6 who shall receive an annual salary of [$37,500, as of January 1,
7 1977, and $42,500, as of January 1, 1978.] $55,000. Each of the
8 commissioners shall, in addition, be given a 5% cost-of-living
9 increase each year.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. (a) The terms of existing members of the
12 commission shall expire on December 31, 1983.
13 (b) Initial appointments for terms commencing January 1,
14 1984 shall be as follows:
15 (1) One member for a term of one year.
16 (2) One member for a term of two years.
17 (3) One member for a term of three years.
18 (4) One member for a term of four years.
19 (5) One member for a term of five years.
20 Section 3. Notwithstanding section 4, the Governor may
21 proceed to nominate commission members for the terms commencing
22 January 1, 1984. Confirmation shall require only a majority of
23 all the members of the Senate.
24 Section 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 1984.
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