PRINTER'S NO. 132
No. 118 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY LEHR, COSLETT, SEVENTY, MANMILLER, DAVIES,
DOMBROWSKI, D. R. WRIGHT, STEVENS, MICOZZIE, E. Z. TAYLOR,
BELFANTI, KOSINSKI, JAROLIN, WILSON, HASAY, BELARDI AND
CESSAR, FEBRUARY 1, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 1, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, requiring commissioners to be
3 appointed from designated geographic districts.
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 and shall consist of
13 five members who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with
14 the advice and consent of two-thirds of all the members of the
15 Senate, for a term of [ten] four years. No commissioner upon the
16 expiration of his term shall continue to hold office until his
17 successor shall be duly appointed or shall be qualified. Each
1 member chosen shall be a resident of and shall represent one of
2 the following regional districts:
3 (1) District I - Consisting of the counties of
4 Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Cameron,
5 Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie,
6 Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Jefferson, Lawrence,
7 Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Somerset, Tioga, Venango
8 and Warren.
9 (2) District II - Consisting of the counties of
10 Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Washington and
11 Westmoreland.
12 (3) District III - Consisting of the counties of Adams,
13 Bradford, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Juniata, Lackawanna,
14 Lancaster, Lebanon, Luzerne, Mifflin, Monroe, Montour,
15 Northumberland, Perry, Pike, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna,
16 Union, Wayne, Wyoming and York.
17 (4) District IV - Consisting of the counties of Berks,
18 Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Northampton and
19 Schuylkill.
20 (5) District V - Consisting of the counties of
21 Montgomery and Philadelphia.
22 * * *
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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