PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3608 PRINTER'S NO. 3771
No. 2530 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY FLEAGLE, APRIL 8, 2002
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 29, 2002
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation from a restricted revenue account within
2 the General Fund and, from Federal augmentation funds AND <--
3 FROM THE FIRST CLASS CITY TAXICAB REGULATORY FUND to the
4 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
8 necessary, are specifically appropriated from the restricted
9 revenue account within the General Fund and from Federal
10 augmentation funds to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
11 to provide for the operation of the commission for the fiscal
12 year July 1, 2002, to June 30, 2003, for the purposes and in the
13 amounts shown:
14 Federal State
15 For the salaries, wages and all
16 necessary expenses for the proper
17 operation and administration of the
18 Pennsylvania Public Utility
1 Commission, including the chairman and
2 commissioners and the Bureau of Safety
3 and Enforcement.
4 State appropriation........ 42,898,000
5 The following Federal augmentation
6 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
7 necessary, are specifically
8 appropriated to supplement the sum
9 authorized to be billed to utilities
10 for the operation of the commission:
11 (1) "Natural Gas Pipeline
12 Safety" - To enforce the
13 regulations of the Natural Gas
14 Pipeline Safety Act.
15 Federal appropriation...... 350,000
16 Any Federal funds which the
17 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
18 receives pursuant to these
19 appropriations shall not be reimbursed
20 to any utility.
21 SECTION 2. THERE IS HEREBY APPROPRIATED TO THE PENNSYLVANIA <--
22 PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION A SUM NOT TO EXCEED $2,500,000 FROM
23 THE FIRST CLASS CITY TAXICAB REGULATORY FUND ESTABLISHED BY AND
24 AUTHORIZED IN 66 PA.C.S. CH. 24 (RELATING TO TAXICABS IN FIRST
25 CLASS CITIES) FOR HOSPITALITY INITIATIVES MAKING TAXICAB SERVICE
26 IN THE CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS MORE CONSUMER FRIENDLY. ANY MONEY
27 NOT ENCUMBERED BY JUNE 30, 2004, SHALL LAPSE INTO THE FIRST
28 CLASS CITY TAXICAB REGULATORY FUND.
29 Section 2 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002, or <--
30 immediately, whichever is later.
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