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 B7L90BIL/HB2200A05750