PRINTER'S NO.  770

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

697

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BELFANTI, CARROLL, CONKLIN, EVERETT, GEORGE, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARRIS, HELM, HESS, KORTZ, MAHONEY, ROAE AND SIPTROTH, MARCH 3, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, MARCH 3, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, in services and facilities, providing

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for electricity supplied to seasonal businesses.

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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.  Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:

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§ 1512.  Electricity supplied to seasonal businesses.

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(a)  Limitation on charges.--If a customer of a seasonal

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business has not requested that electric service be disconnected

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during any period of nonuse of the seasonal business and there

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is no usage of the electric service during that period, a public

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utility company supplying electric service to the customer may

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not impose a monthly fee during the period of nonuse that

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exceeds $25 per month.

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(b)  Definition.--For purposes of this section, "seasonal

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business" means a campground, ski resort, amusement park, fair

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ground, hunting camp, recreational park, community pool, sport

 


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complex or water park.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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