PRINTER'S NO. 427
No. 387 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY HALUSKA, HERMAN, VEON, FARGO, TRELLO, GEIST,
CAWLEY, MELIO, BATTISTO, COLAFELLA, DALEY, S. H. SMITH AND
SAURMAN, FEBRUARY 13, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 13, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for allocation of
3 certain assessments.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 510(b)(1) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 510. Assessment for regulatory expenses upon public
9 utilities.
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11 (b) Allocation of assessment.--On or before March 31 of each
12 year, every public utility shall file with the commission a
13 statement under oath showing its gross intrastate operating
14 revenues for the preceding calendar year. If any public utility
15 shall fail to file such statement on or before March 31, the
16 commission shall estimate such revenues, which estimate shall be
17 binding upon the public utility for the purposes of this
18 section. For each fiscal year, the allocation shall be made as
1 follows:
2 (1) The commission shall determine for the preceding
3 calendar year the amount of its expenditures directly
4 attributable to the regulation of each group of utilities
5 furnishing the same kind of service, and debit the amount so
6 determined to such group. The commission may, for purposes of
7 the assessment, deem utilities rendering water, sewer or
8 water and sewer service, as defined in the definition of
9 "public utility" in section 102 (relating to definitions), as
10 a utility group.
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12 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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