PRINTER'S NO. 2194

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1791 Session of 1979


        INTRODUCED BY TRELLO, OCTOBER 2, 1979

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, OCTOBER 2, 1979

                                     AN ACT

     1  Requiring certain public utilities to issue stock in certain
     2     circumstances and requiring the Public Utility Commission to
     3     make certain calculations.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Every consumer of an electric public utility
     7  company who is required to pay for the cost incurred as a result
     8  of a nuclear accident or to pay for further expansion or
     9  construction of a nuclear facility shall become a stockholder in
    10  said utility. The utility company shall issue certificates of
    11  stock to said consumer in an amount to be determined by the
    12  Public Utility Commission.
    13     Section 2.  The Public Utility Commission shall adopt
    14  regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
    15     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall
    16  apply retroactively to January 1, 1979.


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