PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3078 PRINTER'S NO. 3184
No. 2355 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY BARLEY, MARCH 11, 1998
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 16, 1998
AN ACT
1 Making appropriations 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, 1998, to June 30, 1999, for the purposes and in the
12 amounts shown:
13 Federal State
14 (1) For the salaries, wages
15 and all necessary expenses for the
16 proper operation and administration
17 of the Pennsylvania Public Utility
1 Commission, including the chairman
2 and commissioners and the Bureau of
3 Safety and Enforcement.
4 State appropriation........ 38,749,000 <--
5 STATE APPROPRIATION........ 39,183,000 <--
6 (i) The following Federal
7 augmentation amounts, or as
8 much thereof as may be
9 necessary, are specifically
10 appropriated to supplement the
11 sum authorized to be billed to
12 utilities for the operation of
13 the 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...... 250,000
20 Any Federal funds which the
21 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
22 receives pursuant to these
23 appropriations shall not be reimbursed
24 to any utility.
25 (2) FOR EXPANDED CONSUMER <--
26 EDUCATION EXPENSES RELATED TO
27 ELECTRIC COMPETITION.
28 STATE APPROPRIATION........ 600,000
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998, or
30 immediately, whichever is later.
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