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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2220 | PRINTER'S NO. 3319 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY KOTIK, MUSTIO, DEASY, READSHAW, D. COSTA, KORTZ, PASHINSKI, FRANKEL, GEIST, MAHONEY AND DERMODY, JUNE 18, 2009 |
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| AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 10, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the definition |
3 | of "public utility"; adding the definition of "common carrier | <-- |
4 | service at airports" repealing the definition of "limousine | <-- |
5 | service"; and further providing for certificate of public |
6 | convenience required and for miscellaneous provisions. | <-- |
7 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
8 | hereby enacts as follows: |
9 | Section 1. The definition of "public utility" in section 102 | <-- |
10 | of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended |
11 | to read: |
12 | § 102. Definitions. |
13 | Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent |
14 | provisions of this part which are applicable to specific |
15 | provisions of this part, the following words and phrases when |
16 | used in this part shall have, unless the context clearly |
17 | indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section: |
18 | * * * |
19 | "Public utility." |
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1 | (1) Any person or corporations now or hereafter owning |
2 | or operating in this Commonwealth equipment or facilities |
3 | for: |
4 | (i) Producing, generating, transmitting, |
5 | distributing or furnishing natural or artificial gas, |
6 | electricity, or steam for the production of light, heat, |
7 | or power to or for the public for compensation. |
8 | (ii) Diverting, developing, pumping, impounding, |
9 | distributing, or furnishing water to or for the public |
10 | for compensation. |
11 | (iii) Transporting passengers or property as a |
12 | common carrier. |
13 | (iv) Use as a canal, turnpike, tunnel, bridge, |
14 | wharf, and the like for the public for compensation. |
15 | (v) Transporting or conveying natural or artificial |
16 | gas, crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum products, |
17 | materials for refrigeration, or oxygen or nitrogen, or |
18 | other fluid substance, by pipeline or conduit, for the |
19 | public for compensation. |
20 | (vi) Conveying or transmitting messages or |
21 | communications, except as set forth in paragraph (2)(iv), |
22 | by telephone or telegraph or domestic public land mobile |
23 | radio service including, but not limited to, point-to- |
24 | point microwave radio service for the public for |
25 | compensation. |
26 | (vii) Sewage collection, treatment, or disposal for |
27 | the public for compensation. |
28 | (viii) Providing limousine service in a county of |
29 | the second class pursuant to Subchapter B of Chapter 11 |
30 | (relating to common carrier service at airports and |
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1 | limousine service in counties of the second class). |
2 | (2) The term does not include: |
3 | (i) Any person or corporation, not otherwise a |
4 | public utility, who or which furnishes service only to |
5 | himself or itself. |
6 | (ii) Any bona fide cooperative association which |
7 | furnishes service only to its stockholders or members on |
8 | a nonprofit basis. |
9 | (iii) Any producer of natural gas not engaged in |
10 | distributing such gas directly to the public for |
11 | compensation. |
12 | (iv) Any person or corporation, not otherwise a |
13 | public utility, who or which furnishes mobile domestic |
14 | cellular radio telecommunications service. |
15 | (v) Any building or facility owner/operators who |
16 | hold ownership over and manage the internal distribution |
17 | system serving such building or facility and who supply |
18 | electric power and other related electric power services |
19 | to occupants of the building or facility. |
20 | (vi) Electric generation supplier companies, except |
21 | for the limited purposes as described in sections 2809 |
22 | (relating to requirements for electric generation |
23 | suppliers) and 2810 (relating to revenue-neutral |
24 | reconciliation). |
25 | (3) For the purposes of sections 2702 (relating to |
26 | construction, relocation, suspension and abolition of |
27 | crossings), 2703 (relating to ejectment in crossing cases) |
28 | and 2704 (relating to compensation for damages occasioned by |
29 | construction, relocation or abolition of crossings) and those |
30 | portions of sections 1501 (relating to character of service |
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1 | and facilities), 1505 (relating to proper service and |
2 | facilities established on complaint) and 1508 (relating to |
3 | reports of accidents), as those sections or portions thereof |
4 | relate to safety only, a municipal authority or |
5 | transportation authority organized under the laws of this |
6 | Commonwealth shall be considered a public utility when it |
7 | owns or operates, for the carriage of passengers or goods by |
8 | rail, a line of railroad composed of lines formerly owned or |
9 | operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Penn-Central |
10 | Transportation Company, the Reading Company or the |
11 | Consolidated Rail Corporation. |
12 | * * * |
13 | Section 2. Subchapter B heading of Chapter 11 of Title 66 is |
14 | amended to read: |
15 | SUBCHAPTER B |
16 | COMMON CARRIER SERVICE AT AIRPORTS AND LIMOUSINE SERVICE IN |
17 | COUNTIES OF THE SECOND CLASS |
18 | Section 3. Section 1121 of Title 66 is amended by adding a |
19 | definition to read: |
20 | § 1121. Definitions. |
21 | The following words and phrases when used in this chapter |
22 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
23 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
24 | "Common carrier service at airports." Common carrier service |
25 | for passengers which originates or terminates at an airport in a |
26 | county of the second class. The term shall not include the |
27 | transportation system or transit services authorized under the |
28 | act of April 6, 1956 (1955 P.L.1414, No.465), known as the |
29 | Second Class County Port Authority Act. |
30 | * * * |
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1 | Section 4. Sections 1122(a) and 1124(b) of Title 66 are |
2 | amended to read: |
3 | § 1122. Certificate of public convenience required. |
4 | (a) General rule.--In order to provide common carrier |
5 | service at airports or to operate limousine service in a county |
6 | of the second class, a certificate of public convenience must be |
7 | issued by the commission. |
8 | * * * |
9 | § 1124. Miscellaneous provisions. |
10 | * * * |
11 | (b) Inconsistent provisions of law.--Any other law of this |
12 | Commonwealth found to be inconsistent with this subchapter is |
13 | hereby repealed insofar as it affects the regulation of common |
14 | carrier service at airports and limousine service in counties of |
15 | the second class. |
16 | Section 5. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
17 | Section 1. The definition of "public utility" in section 102 | <-- |
18 | of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended |
19 | to read: |
20 | § 102. Definitions. |
21 | Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent |
22 | provisions of this part which are applicable to specific |
23 | provisions of this part, the following words and phrases when |
24 | used in this part shall have, unless the context clearly |
25 | indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section: |
26 | * * * |
27 | "Public utility." |
28 | (1) Any person or corporations now or hereafter owning |
29 | or operating in this Commonwealth equipment or facilities |
30 | for: |
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1 | (i) Producing, generating, transmitting, |
2 | distributing or furnishing natural or artificial gas, |
3 | electricity, or steam for the production of light, heat, |
4 | or power to or for the public for compensation. |
5 | (ii) Diverting, developing, pumping, impounding, |
6 | distributing, or furnishing water to or for the public |
7 | for compensation. |
8 | (iii) Transporting passengers or property as a |
9 | common carrier. |
10 | (iv) Use as a canal, turnpike, tunnel, bridge, |
11 | wharf, and the like for the public for compensation. |
12 | (v) Transporting or conveying natural or artificial |
13 | gas, crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum products, |
14 | materials for refrigeration, or oxygen or nitrogen, or |
15 | other fluid substance, by pipeline or conduit, for the |
16 | public for compensation. |
17 | (vi) Conveying or transmitting messages or |
18 | communications, except as set forth in paragraph (2)(iv), |
19 | by telephone or telegraph or domestic public land mobile |
20 | radio service including, but not limited to, point-to- |
21 | point microwave radio service for the public for |
22 | compensation. |
23 | (vii) Sewage collection, treatment, or disposal for |
24 | the public for compensation. |
25 | (viii) Providing [limousine] common carrier service |
26 | in a county of the second class pursuant to Subchapter B |
27 | of Chapter 11 (relating to [limousine service] common |
28 | carrier service in counties of the second class). |
29 | (2) The term does not include: |
30 | (i) Any person or corporation, not otherwise a |
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1 | public utility, who or which furnishes service only to |
2 | himself or itself. |
3 | (ii) Any bona fide cooperative association which |
4 | furnishes service only to its stockholders or members on |
5 | a nonprofit basis. |
6 | (iii) Any producer of natural gas not engaged in |
7 | distributing such gas directly to the public for |
8 | compensation. |
9 | (iv) Any person or corporation, not otherwise a |
10 | public utility, who or which furnishes mobile domestic |
11 | cellular radio telecommunications service. |
12 | (v) Any building or facility owner/operators who |
13 | hold ownership over and manage the internal distribution |
14 | system serving such building or facility and who supply |
15 | electric power and other related electric power services |
16 | to occupants of the building or facility. |
17 | (vi) Electric generation supplier companies, except |
18 | for the limited purposes as described in sections 2809 |
19 | (relating to requirements for electric generation |
20 | suppliers) and 2810 (relating to revenue-neutral |
21 | reconciliation). |
22 | (3) For the purposes of sections 2702 (relating to |
23 | construction, relocation, suspension and abolition of |
24 | crossings), 2703 (relating to ejectment in crossing cases) |
25 | and 2704 (relating to compensation for damages occasioned by |
26 | construction, relocation or abolition of crossings) and those |
27 | portions of sections 1501 (relating to character of service |
28 | and facilities), 1505 (relating to proper service and |
29 | facilities established on complaint) and 1508 (relating to |
30 | reports of accidents), as those sections or portions thereof |
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1 | relate to safety only, a municipal authority or |
2 | transportation authority organized under the laws of this |
3 | Commonwealth shall be considered a public utility when it |
4 | owns or operates, for the carriage of passengers or goods by |
5 | rail, a line of railroad composed of lines formerly owned or |
6 | operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Penn-Central |
7 | Transportation Company, the Reading Company or the |
8 | Consolidated Rail Corporation. |
9 | * * * |
10 | Section 2. Subchapter B heading of Chapter 11 of Title 66 is |
11 | amended to read: |
12 | SUBCHAPTER B |
13 | [LIMOUSINE SERVICE] COMMON CARRIER SERVICE |
14 | IN COUNTIES OF THE SECOND CLASS |
15 | Section 3. The definition of "limousine service" in section |
16 | 1121 of Title 66 is repealed: |
17 | § 1121. Definitions. |
18 | The following words and phrases when used in this chapter |
19 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
20 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
21 | * * * |
22 | ["Limousine service." Local nonscheduled common carrier |
23 | service for passengers rendered in luxury-type vehicles for |
24 | compensation on an exclusive basis that is arranged in advance.] |
25 | Section 4. Sections 1122(a) and 1124(b) of Title 66 are |
26 | amended to read: |
27 | § 1122. Certificate of public convenience required. |
28 | (a) General rule.--In order to [operate limousine service] |
29 | provide common carrier service in a county of the second class, |
30 | a certificate of public convenience must be issued by the |
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1 | commission. |
2 | * * * |
3 | § 1124. Miscellaneous provisions. |
4 | * * * |
5 | (b) Inconsistent provisions of law.--Any other law of this |
6 | Commonwealth found to be inconsistent with this subchapter is |
7 | hereby repealed insofar as it affects the regulation of |
8 | [limousine service] common carrier service in counties of the |
9 | second class. |
10 | Section 5. This act shall take effect in 120 days. |
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