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                                                       PRINTER'S NO. 849

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 816 Session of 2005


        INTRODUCED BY FEESE, MARCH 14, 2005

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 14, 2005

                                     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, 2005, to June 30, 2006, 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.
     3             State appropriation........                50,369,000
     4     The following Federal augmentation
     5  amounts, or as much thereof as may be
     6  necessary, are specifically
     7  appropriated to supplement the sum
     8  authorized to be billed to utilities
     9  for the operation of the commission:
    10         (1)  "Natural Gas Pipeline
    11     Safety" - To enforce the
    12     regulations of the Natural Gas
    13     Pipeline Safety Act.
    14             Federal appropriation......      375,000
    15         (2)  "Motor Carrier Safety."
    16             Federal appropriation......    1,350,000
    17     Any Federal funds which the
    18  Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
    19  receives pursuant to these
    20  appropriations shall not be reimbursed
    21  to any utility.
    22     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005, or
    23  immediately, whichever is later.





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