PRINTER'S NO. 225
No. 230 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY McCALL, GORDNER, TIGUE, MUNDY, SANTONI, NAILOR,
COY, READSHAW, BELFANTI, CORRIGAN, TRELLO, JAMES, STABACK,
MELIO, MICHLOVIC, MAYERNIK, YOUNGBLOOD, DeLUCA, WOJNAROSKI,
FREEMAN, SURRA, COLAFELLA, HARHAI AND DALEY, FEBRUARY 1, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 1, 1999
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the appointment
3 of members to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 301(a) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is 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. Prior to the third
13 Tuesday in January of 1987, the commission shall consist of five
14 members who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the
15 advice and consent of two-thirds of all the members of the
16 Senate, for a term of ten years, provided that the term of any
17 member appointed to fill a vacancy existing on the effective
1 date of this amendatory act and prior to the third Tuesday in
2 January of 1987 shall expire on March 31, 1987. Vacancies on
3 April 1, 1987, shall be filled as follows: One term shall be
4 until April 1, 1990, and one term shall be until April 1, 1992.
5 Confirmation of such gubernatorial appointees shall be by a
6 majority of the members of the Senate. If other vacancies occur
7 between the effective date of this amendatory act and April 1,
8 1987, the term shall be the balance of the term to which the
9 predecessor had been appointed. Vacancies after April 1, 1987,
10 shall be filled for the balance of the term to which a
11 predecessor had been appointed. Thereafter, the commission shall
12 consist of five members appointed by the Governor, by and with
13 the advice and consent of a majority of the members of the
14 Senate, for a term of five years. Not more than three members of
15 the commission shall be of the same political party. The
16 Governor may submit the nomination to the Senate within 60 days
17 prior to the expiration of the term or the effective date of the
18 resignation of the member whom the nominee would replace and
19 shall submit that nomination no later than 90 days after the
20 expiration of the term or the effective date of the resignation.
21 A commissioner may continue to hold office for a period not to
22 exceed six months beyond the expiration of his term if his
23 successor has not been duly appointed and qualified according to
24 law.
25 * * *
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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