PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3664 PRINTER'S NO. 4192
No. 2521 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY ARGALL, APRIL 12, 2004
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 28, 2004
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, 2004, to June 30, 2005, 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
1 Commission, including the chairman and
2 commissioners and the Bureau of Safety
3 and Enforcement.
4 State appropriation........ 48,106,000 <--
5 STATE APPROPRIATION........ 44,916,000 <--
6 The following Federal augmentation
7 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
8 necessary, are specifically
9 appropriated to supplement the sum
10 authorized to be billed to utilities
11 for the operation of the commission:
12 (1) "Natural Gas Pipeline
13 Safety" - To enforce the
14 regulations of the Natural Gas
15 Pipeline Safety Act.
16 Federal appropriation...... 425,000
17 (2) "Motor Carrier Safety."
18 Federal appropriation...... 1,575,000
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. ANY ASSESSMENT ON PUBLIC UTILITIES RESULTING FROM <--
25 COSTS INCURRED TO ESTABLISH AN INTEGRATED CASE AND DOCUMENT
26 MANAGEMENT PORTAL SHALL BE EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED OVER TEN YEARS,
27 COMMENCING WITH THE 2004-2005 FISCAL YEAR.
28 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004, or <--
29 immediately, whichever is later.
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