PRINTER'S NO. 215
No. 192 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, FEBRUARY 8, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 8, 1983
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations from a restricted revenue account within
2 the General Fund to the Public Utility Commission.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
6 necessary, are hereby specifically appropriated from the
7 restricted revenue account within the General Fund to the Public
8 Utility Commission to provide for the operation of the
9 commission for the fiscal period July 1, 1983 to June 30, 1984,
10 for the purposes and in the amounts shown:
11 (1) For the salaries, wages and all
12 necessary expenses for the proper
13 administration of the Public Utility Commission
14 including the chairman and commissioners,
15 Office of the Director of Operations, Bureau of
16 Public Information, Office of Special
17 Assistants, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
1 and the Secretary's Bureau..................... $6,215,000
2 (2) For the salaries, wages and all
3 necessary expenses for the proper
4 administration of the Offices of Counsel and
5 Administrative Law Judge....................... 4,667,000
6 (3) For the salaries, wages and all
7 necessary expenses for the proper
8 administration of rates, research and
9 transportation including the Bureau of
10 Conservation, Economics and Energy Planning,
11 Bureau of Nonrail Transportation, Bureau of
12 Rail Transportation and the Bureau of Rates.... 5,826,000
13 (4) For the salaries, wages and all
14 necessary expenses for the proper
15 administration of investigations and
16 enforcement including the Bureau of Audits and
17 the Bureau of Safety and Compliance. Funds from
18 this appropriation shall be used to initiate
19 audit surveillance of major utility
20 construction projects.......................... 4,483,000
21 (5) For the salaries, wages and all
22 necessary expenses for proper administration of
23 the Bureau of Consumer Services. Funds from
24 this appropriation shall be used to secure
25 equipment and adequate temporary or permanent
26 staff to maintain a reasonable completion rate
27 on the toll free telephone lines into this
28 bureau. A reasonable completion rate shall be a
29 rate where, on a monthly average, at least 20%
30 of all calls to the bureau are completed.
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1 Progress toward this goal shall be reported to
2 the Chairmen of the Appropriations Committees
3 of the House of Representatives and Senate on a
4 quarterly basis................................ 1,488,000
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1983.
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