PRINTER'S NO. 321

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No. 284 Session of 2007

        INTRODUCED BY FERLO, FONTANA, WASHINGTON, EARLL, C. WILLIAMS,
           LOGAN, RHOADES AND MELLOW, MARCH 9, 2007

        REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
           MARCH 9, 2007

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, further providing for termination of
     3     utility service.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 1406(b) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 1406.  Termination of utility service.
     9     * * *
    10     (b)  Notice of termination of service.--
    11         (1)  Prior to terminating service under subsection (a), a
    12     public utility:
    13             (i)  Shall provide written notice of the termination
    14         to the customer at least ten days prior to the date of
    15         the proposed termination. The termination notice shall
    16         remain effective for 60 days.
    17             (ii)  Shall [attempt to] contact the customer or
    18         occupant[, either] in person [or by telephone,] to

     1         provide notice of the proposed termination at least three
     2         days prior to the scheduled termination. [Phone contact
     3         shall be deemed complete upon attempted calls on two
     4         separate days to the residence between the hours of 7
     5         a.m. and 9 p.m. if the calls were made at various times
     6         each day.]
     7             (iii)  [During the months of December through March,
     8         unless] Unless personal contact has been made with the
     9         customer or responsible adult by personally visiting the
    10         customer's residence, the public utility shall, within 48
    11         hours of the scheduled date of termination, post a notice
    12         of the proposed termination at the service location.
    13             (iv)  After complying with paragraphs (ii) and (iii),
    14         the public utility shall [attempt to] make personal
    15         contact with the customer or responsible adult at the
    16         time service is terminated. [Termination of service shall
    17         not be delayed for failure to make personal contact.]
    18         (2)  The public utility shall not be required by the
    19     commission to take any additional actions prior to
    20     termination.
    21     * * *
    22     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.






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