PRINTER'S NO. 819

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 736 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY MORRIS, HALUSKA, ALDERETTE, PISTELLA,
           D. R. WRIGHT, McINTYRE AND BATTISTO, APRIL 12, 1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, APRIL 12, 1983

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the terms of the
     3     members of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

     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.
    18     * * *

     1     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.




















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