PRINTER'S NO. 1797
No. 1352 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY TILGHMAN, MARCH 20, 2000
REFERRED TO APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 20, 2000
AN ACT
1 Making an appropriation 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, 2000, to June 30, 2001, for the purposes and in the
12 amounts shown:
13 Federal State
14 For the salaries, wages and all
15 necessary expenses for the proper
16 operation and administration of the
17 Pennsylvania Public Utility
18 Commission, including the chairman and
1 commissioners and the Bureau of Safety
2 and Enforcement.
3 State appropriation........ 41,010,000
4 The following Federal augmentation
5 amounts, or as much thereof as may be
6 necessary, are specifically
7 appropriated to supplement the sum
8 authorized to be billed to utilities
9 for the operation of the commission:
10 (1) "Natural Gas Pipeline
11 Safety" - To enforce the
12 regulations of the Natural Gas
13 Pipeline Safety Act.
14 Federal appropriation...... 300,000
15 Any Federal funds which the
16 Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
17 receives pursuant to these
18 appropriations shall not be reimbursed
19 to any utility.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000, or
21 immediately, whichever is later.
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