PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1797 PRINTER'S NO. 1876
No. 1352 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, MARCH 20, 2000
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, APRIL 11, 2000
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within
2 the General Fund and from Federal augmentation funds to the
3 Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
10 to provide for the operation of the commission for the fiscal
11 year July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for the purposes and in the
12 amounts shown:
13 Federal State
14 For the salaries, wages and all
15 necessary expenses for the proper
16 operation and administration of the
17 Pennsylvania Public Utility
18 Commission, including the chairman and
1 commissioners and the Bureau of Safety
2 and Enforcement. THE APPROPRIATION <--
3 INCLUDES AT LEAST $440,000 TO DEFRAY
4 COSTS OF RELOCATION OF COMMISSION
5 OFFICES.
6 State appropriation........ 41,010,000 <--
7 STATE APPROPRIATION........ 41,450,000 <--
8 The following Federal augmentation
9 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
10 necessary, are specifically
11 appropriated to supplement the sum
12 authorized to be billed to utilities
13 for the operation of the commission:
14 (1) "Natural Gas Pipeline
15 Safety" - To enforce the
16 regulations of the Natural Gas
17 Pipeline Safety Act.
18 Federal appropriation...... 300,000
19 Any Federal funds which the
20 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
21 receives pursuant to these
22 appropriations shall not be reimbursed
23 to any utility.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
25 immediately, whichever is later.
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