PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1461 PRINTER'S NO. 1542
No. 1224 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY KURY, SWEENEY, McKINNEY, NOLAN, SCANLON,
ROMANELLI, O'PAKE, LEWIS, DOUGHERTY, MOORE AND HOLL,
NOVEMBER 25, 1975
SENATOR SWEENEY, CONSUMER AFFAIRS, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 2, 1976
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 31, 1937 (P.L.160, No.43), entitled
2 "An act creating a commission to be known as the Pennsylvania
3 Public Utility Commission; defining in part the powers and
4 duties of such commission; abolishing The Public Service
5 Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, terminating
6 the terms of the members thereof, and transferring to the
7 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission the records, employes,
8 property, and equipment of The Public Service Commission of
9 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; authorizing the
10 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to appear in and
11 complete all pending proceedings, legal or otherwise,
12 instituted before, by or against The Public Service
13 Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; providing
14 that all certificates of public convenience, contracts,
15 orders, and rules and regulations of the latter commission
16 shall remain effective until repealed, changed or modified by
17 the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and transferring
18 and appropriating to the Pennsylvania Public Utility
19 Commission any unexpended balance of any existing
20 appropriation to The Public Service Commission of the
21 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," further providing for the
22 terms AGE of members of the Public Utility Commission. <--
23 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
24 hereby enacts as follows:
25 Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1, act of March 31,
26 1937 (P.L.160, No.43), entitled "An act creating a commission to
27 be known as the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission; defining
1 in part the powers and duties of such commission; abolishing The
2 Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
3 terminating the terms of the members thereof, and transferring
4 to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission the records,
5 employes, property, and equipment of The Public Service
6 Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; authorizing the
7 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to appear in and complete
8 all pending proceedings, legal or otherwise, instituted before,
9 by or against The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth
10 of Pennsylvania; providing that all certificates of public
11 convenience, contracts, orders, and rules and regulations of the
12 latter commission shall remain effective until repealed, changed
13 or modified by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and
14 transferring and appropriating to the Pennsylvania Public
15 Utility Commission any unexpended balance of any existing
16 appropriation to The Public Service Commission of the
17 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," amended March 31, 1943 (P.L.32,
18 No.17) is amended to read:
19 Section 1. (a) A commission to be known as the Pennsylvania
20 Public Utility Commission is hereby created. The commission
21 shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the
22 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of
23 all the members of the Senate. The commissioners first appointed
24 under this act, shall continue in office for terms of two, four,
25 six, eight, and ten years, respectively, from the effective date
26 of this act, but their successors shall each be appointed for a
27 term of [ten] six years. No commissioner, upon the expiration of <--
28 his term as aforesaid, shall continue to hold office until his
29 successor shall be duly appointed or shall be qualified. Each
30 commissioner, at the time of his appointment and qualification,
19750S1224B1542 - 2 -
1 shall be a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and
2 shall have been a qualified elector therein for a period of at
3 least one year next preceding his appointment. [, and shall also <--
4 be not less than thirty years of age.] <--
5 * * *
K12L52RZ/19750S1224B1542 - 3 -