PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1030, 1110 PRINTER'S NO. 1159
No. 876 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, JUNE 22, 1983
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS, JULY 19, 1983
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 hereby specifically appropriated from the 8 restricted revenue account within the General Fund and from 9 Federal augmentation funds to the Public Utility Commission to 10 provide for the operation of the commission for the fiscal 11 period July 1, 1983 to June 30, 1984, for the purposes and in 12 the amounts shown: 13 (1) For the salaries, wages 14 and all necessary expenses for the 15 proper administration of the Public 16 Utility Commission including the 17 chairman and commissioners, Office 18 of the Director of Operations,
1 Bureau of Public Information, 2 Office of Special Assistants, 3 Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 4 and the Secretary's Bureau. 5 State appropriation........ 6,215,000 6 (2) For the salaries, wages 7 and all necessary expenses for the 8 proper administration of the 9 Offices of Counsel and 10 Administrative Law Judge. 11 State appropriation........ 4,667,000 12 (3) For the salaries, wages 13 and all necessary expenses for the 14 proper administration of rates, 15 research and transportation 16 including the Bureau of 17 Conservation, Economics and Energy 18 Planning, Bureau of Nonrail 19 Transportation, Bureau of Rail 20 Transportation and the Bureau of 21 Rates. 22 State appropriation........ 5,826,000 23 (4) (i) For the salaries, 24 wages and all necessary expenses 25 for the proper administration of 26 investigations and enforcement 27 including the Bureau of Audits and 28 the Bureau of Safety and 29 Compliance. Funds from this 30 appropriation shall be used to 19830S0876B1159 - 2 -
1 initiate audit surveillance of 2 major utility construction 3 projects. 4 State appropriation........ 4,483,000 5 (ii) The following Federal 6 augmentation amounts, or as 7 much thereof as may be 8 necessary, are hereby 9 specifically appropriated to 10 supplement the sum authorized 11 to be billed to utilities for 12 the operation of the 13 commission: 14 (A) "Natural Gas 15 Pipeline Safety" - To 16 enforce the regulations of 17 the Natural Gas Pipeline 18 Safety Act. 19 Federal appropriation...... 133,000 20 (B) "Railroad Safety" 21 - For safety inspectors to 22 survey and patrol over 23 14,000 miles of trackage to 24 eliminate derailment and 25 provide safe rail travel. 26 Federal appropriation...... 225,000 27 (iii) Any Federal funds 28 which the Public Utility 29 Commission receives pursuant to 30 these appropriations shall not 19830S0876B1159 - 3 -
1 be created to any utility nor 2 used to lower the annual 3 assessment of any utility. 4 (5) For the salaries, wages 5 and all necessary expenses for 6 proper administration of the Bureau 7 of Consumer Services. Funds from 8 this appropriation shall be used to 9 secure equipment and adequate 10 temporary or permanent staff to 11 maintain a reasonable completion 12 rate on the toll free telephone 13 lines into this bureau. A 14 reasonable completion rate shall be 15 a rate where, on a monthly average, 16 at least 20% of all calls to the 17 bureau are completed. Progress 18 toward this goal shall be reported 19 to the Chairmen of the 20 Appropriations Committees of the 21 House of Representatives and Senate 22 on a quarterly basis. 23 State appropriation........ 1,488,000 24 SECTION 1. THE SUM OF $21,543,000, OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY <-- 25 BE NECESSARY, IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM THE RESTRICTED REVENUE 26 ACCOUNT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND TO THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION 27 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1983 TO JUNE 30, 1984, TO PROVIDE 28 FOR THE OPERATION OF THE COMMISSION. 29 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. B17L84RZ/19830S0876B1159 - 4 -