PRINTER'S NO.  1745

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

1423

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY D. EVANS, MAY 4, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MAY 4, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within

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the General Fund and from Federal augmentation funds to the

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Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be

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necessary, are specifically appropriated from the restricted

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revenue account within the General Fund and from Federal

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augmentation funds to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

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to provide for the operation of the commission for the fiscal

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year July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010, for the purposes and in the

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amounts shown:

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Federal

State

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For the salaries, wages and all 

necessary expenses for the proper

operation and administration of the

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission,

including the chairman and

commissioners and the Bureau of Safety

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 


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and Enforcement.

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State appropriation............

  

52,581,000

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The following Federal augmentation

amounts, or as much thereof as may be

necessary, are specifically

appropriated to supplement the sum

authorized to be billed to utilities

for the operation of the commission:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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(1)  "Natural Gas Pipeline

Safety" - To enforce the regulations

of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety

Act.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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Federal appropriation...........

1,501,000

  

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(2)  "Motor Carrier Safety."

  

  

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Federal appropriation...........

1,888,000

  

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Any Federal funds which the

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

receives pursuant to these

appropriations shall not be reimbursed

to any utility.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009, or

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immediately, whichever is later.

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