PRINTER'S NO. 1312
No. 1183 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY JOHNSON, DIETZ AND LASHINGER, APRIL 8, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, APRIL 8, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, extending commission jurisdiction as
3 to rates to municipal corporations.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1301 of Title 66, act of November 25,
7 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), is amended to read:
8 § 1301. Rates to be just and reasonable.
9 Every rate made, demanded, or received by any public utility,
10 or by any two or more public utilities jointly, shall be just
11 and reasonable, and in conformity with regulations or orders of
12 the commission. [Only public] Public utility service being
13 furnished or rendered by a municipal corporation, or by the
14 operating agencies of any municipal corporation, [beyond its
15 corporate limits,] shall be subject to regulation and control by
16 the commission as to rates, with the same force, and in like
17 manner, as if such service were rendered by a public utility.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in six months.
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