SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2508, 2556 PRINTER'S NO. 2743
No. 1919 Session of 1984
INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, FEBRUARY 8, 1984
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, MARCH 27, 1984
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations from a restricted revenue account within
2 the General Fund and from Federal augmentation funds to the
3 Public Utility Commission.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
7 necessary, are specifically appropriated from the restricted
8 revenue account within the General Fund and from Federal
9 augmentation funds to the Public Utility Commission to provide
10 for the operation of the commission for the fiscal period July
11 1, 1984 to June 30, 1985 for the purposes and in the amounts
12 shown:
13 Federal State
14 (1) For the salaries, wages
15 and all necessary expenses for the
16 proper operation and administration
17 of the Public Utility Commission, <--
1 INCLUDING THE SUM OF $1,000,000 TO
2 BE USED SPECIFICALLY BY THE PUBLIC
3 UTILITY COMMISSION TO COMBAT THE
4 CONTAMINATION OF WATER SUPPLIES BY
5 PARASITIC MICRO-ORGANISMS WHICH
6 CAUSE GIARDIASIS.
7 State appropriation........ $22,733,000
8 (i) The following Federal
9 augmentation amounts, or as
10 much thereof as may be
11 necessary, are specifically
12 appropriated to supplement the
13 sum authorized to be billed to
14 utilities for the operation of
15 the commission:
16 (A) "Natural Gas
17 Pipeline Safety" - To
18 enforce the regulations of
19 the Natural Gas Pipeline
20 Safety Act.
21 Federal appropriation...... 140,000
22 (B) "Railroad Safety"
23 - For safety inspectors to
24 survey and patrol over
25 14,000 miles of trackage to
26 eliminate derailment and
27 provide safe rail travel.
28 Federal appropriation...... 149,000
29 Any Federal funds which the Public
30 Utility Commission receives pursuant
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1 to these appropriations shall not be
2 credited to any utility nor used to
3 lower the annual assessment of any
4 utility.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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