H2200B3176A05750       BIL:JSL 02/07/08    #90             A05750
                       AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 2200
                                    Sponsor:  REPRESENTATIVE KORTZ
                                           Printer's No. 3176

     1       Amend Title, page 1, line 2, by inserting after "Statutes,"
     2               providing for recovery of certain labor relations
     3               expenses;

     4       Amend Bill, page 1, lines 7 and 8, by striking out all of
     5    said lines and inserting
     6       Section 1.  Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     7    Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
     8    § 1329.  Recovery of certain labor relations expenses.
     9       No public utility may charge its customers as a permissible
    10    operating expense for ratemaking purposes any portion of the
    11    direct or indirect cost of meetings, publications, consultants,
    12    attorneys or other professional services and expenses associated
    13    with the utility's efforts to dissuade the employees of the
    14    utility, or the employees of any affiliated interest of the
    15    utility as defined in section 2101 (relating to definition of
    16    affiliated interest), from becoming or remaining a member in, or
    17    otherwise being represented by, any labor union.
    18       Section 2.  Section 2803 of Title 66 is amended by adding
    19    definitions to read:

    20       Amend Sec. 2, page 3, line 10, by striking out "2" and
    21    inserting
    22               3
    23       Amend Sec. 3, page 13, line 23, by striking out "3" and
    24    inserting
    25               4



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