SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 599 PRINTER'S NO. 2138
No. 547 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY EVANS, MARCH 11, 1991
SENATOR TILGHMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, JUNE 26, 1991
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations from a restricted revenue account within
2 the General Fund and from Federal augmentation funds to the
3 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission AND THE OFFICE OF <--
4 CONSUMER ADVOCATE.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
8 necessary, are specifically appropriated from the restricted
9 revenue account within the General Fund and from Federal
10 augmentation funds to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
11 to provide for the operation of the commission for the fiscal
12 year July 1, 1991, to June 30, 1992, for the purposes and in the
13 amounts shown:
14 Federal State
15 (1) For the salaries, wages
16 and all necessary expenses for the
17 proper operation and administration
1 of the Pennsylvania Public Utility
2 Commission, excluding the chairman
3 and commissioners and the Bureau of
4 Safety and Enforcement.
5 State appropriation........ $26,559,000
6 (i) The following Federal
7 augmentation amounts, or as
8 much thereof as may be
9 necessary, are specifically
10 appropriated to supplement the
11 sum authorized to be billed to
12 utilities for the operation of
13 the 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...... 100,000 <--
20 FEDERAL APPROPRIATION...... 115,000 <--
21 Any Federal funds which the
22 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
23 receives pursuant to these
24 appropriations shall not be credited
25 to any utility nor used to lower the
26 annual assessment of any utility.
27 For the salaries, wages and all
28 necessary expenses for the chairman
29 and the commissioners.
30 State appropriation........ 475,000
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1 For the salaries, wages and all
2 necessary expenses for the proper
3 operation and administration of the
4 Bureau of Safety and Enforcement.
5 State appropriation........ 4,739,000
6 SECTION 2. THE SUM OF $3,271,000 IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM <--
7 THE RESTRICTED REVENUE ACCOUNT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND TO THE
8 OFFICE OF CONSUMER ADVOCATE TO PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF THAT
9 OFFICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1991, TO JUNE 30, 1992.
10 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1991, or <--
11 immediately, whichever is later.
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