PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1030, 1110 PRINTER'S NO. 1159
No. 876 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, JUNE 22, 1983
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS, JULY 19, 1983
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations from a restricted revenue account within
2 the General Fund and from Federal augmentation funds to the
3 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 hereby specifically appropriated from the
8 restricted revenue account within the General Fund and from
9 Federal augmentation funds to the Public Utility Commission to
10 provide for the operation of the commission for the fiscal
11 period July 1, 1983 to June 30, 1984, for the purposes and in
12 the amounts shown:
13 (1) For the salaries, wages
14 and all necessary expenses for the
15 proper administration of the Public
16 Utility Commission including the
17 chairman and commissioners, Office
18 of the Director of Operations,
1 Bureau of Public Information,
2 Office of Special Assistants,
3 Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
4 and the Secretary's Bureau.
5 State appropriation........ 6,215,000
6 (2) For the salaries, wages
7 and all necessary expenses for the
8 proper administration of the
9 Offices of Counsel and
10 Administrative Law Judge.
11 State appropriation........ 4,667,000
12 (3) For the salaries, wages
13 and all necessary expenses for the
14 proper administration of rates,
15 research and transportation
16 including the Bureau of
17 Conservation, Economics and Energy
18 Planning, Bureau of Nonrail
19 Transportation, Bureau of Rail
20 Transportation and the Bureau of
21 Rates.
22 State appropriation........ 5,826,000
23 (4) (i) For the salaries,
24 wages and all necessary expenses
25 for the proper administration of
26 investigations and enforcement
27 including the Bureau of Audits and
28 the Bureau of Safety and
29 Compliance. Funds from this
30 appropriation shall be used to
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1 initiate audit surveillance of
2 major utility construction
3 projects.
4 State appropriation........ 4,483,000
5 (ii) The following Federal
6 augmentation amounts, or as
7 much thereof as may be
8 necessary, are hereby
9 specifically appropriated to
10 supplement the sum authorized
11 to be billed to utilities for
12 the operation of the
13 commission:
14 (A) "Natural Gas
15 Pipeline Safety" - To
16 enforce the regulations of
17 the Natural Gas Pipeline
18 Safety Act.
19 Federal appropriation...... 133,000
20 (B) "Railroad Safety"
21 - For safety inspectors to
22 survey and patrol over
23 14,000 miles of trackage to
24 eliminate derailment and
25 provide safe rail travel.
26 Federal appropriation...... 225,000
27 (iii) Any Federal funds
28 which the Public Utility
29 Commission receives pursuant to
30 these appropriations shall not
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1 be created to any utility nor
2 used to lower the annual
3 assessment of any utility.
4 (5) For the salaries, wages
5 and all necessary expenses for
6 proper administration of the Bureau
7 of Consumer Services. Funds from
8 this appropriation shall be used to
9 secure equipment and adequate
10 temporary or permanent staff to
11 maintain a reasonable completion
12 rate on the toll free telephone
13 lines into this bureau. A
14 reasonable completion rate shall be
15 a rate where, on a monthly average,
16 at least 20% of all calls to the
17 bureau are completed. Progress
18 toward this goal shall be reported
19 to the Chairmen of the
20 Appropriations Committees of the
21 House of Representatives and Senate
22 on a quarterly basis.
23 State appropriation........ 1,488,000
24 SECTION 1. THE SUM OF $21,543,000, OR AS MUCH THEREOF AS MAY <--
25 BE NECESSARY, IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED FROM THE RESTRICTED REVENUE
26 ACCOUNT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND TO THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
27 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 1983 TO JUNE 30, 1984, TO PROVIDE
28 FOR THE OPERATION OF THE COMMISSION.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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