Pennsylvania Act 1990-22 — PUBLIC UTILITY CODE (66 PA.C.S.) - AMEND

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PUBLIC UTILITY CODE (66 PA.C.S.) - AMEND
                  Act of Apr. 4, 1990, P.L. 104, No. 22               Cl. 66
                             Session of 1990
                               No. 1990-22

     SB 1303

                                  AN ACT

     Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
        Consolidated Statutes, requiring the commission to establish
        by rule, and on a reasonable cost basis, the fees to be
        collected from public utilities for the testing of their
        meters and other measuring apparatus.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 317(b) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
     Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
      § 317.  Fees for services rendered by commission.
        * * *
        (b)  Fees for testing.--The commission shall [charge and
     collect] by rule establish on a reasonable cost basis the fees
     to be charged and collected from public utilities for the
     testing of their instruments of precision and measuring
     apparatus. [the following fees:
            For testing each watthour meter, $16.
            For testing each indicating instrument, $10.
            For testing each instrument transformer, $10.
            For testing each standard cell, $5.
            For testing each standard resistance, $10.
            For testing each potentiometer, $50.
            For testing each gas meter prover, $35.
            For testing each calorimeter tested at the gas company's
        plant, $35.
            For testing each calorimeter tested at the commission
        laboratory, $10.
            For each water meter testing apparatus tested at the
        company's plant, $15.
            For each water meter tested at the commission laboratory,
        $3.]
        Section 2.  The fees for testing previously established by
     rule or regulation and currently in effect at the Pennsylvania
     Public Utility Commission shall remain in full force and effect
     unless and until increased, decreased or otherwise modified
     pursuant to the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as
     the Regulatory Review Act.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

     APPROVED--The 4th day of April, A. D. 1990.

     ROBERT P. CASEY