Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 5 - Powers and Duties
Section 511 - Disposition, appropriation and disbursement of assessments and fees


(a) Payment into General Fund.--All assessments and fees received, collected or recovered under this chapter shall be paid by the commission into the General Fund of the State Treasury through the Department of Revenue.
(b) Use and appropriation of funds.--All such assessments and fees, having been advanced by public utilities for the purpose of defraying the cost of administering this part, shall be held in trust solely for that purpose, and shall be earmarked for the use of, and annually appropriated to, the commission for disbursement solely for that purpose.
(c) Requisition of funds.--All requisitions upon such appropriation shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of the commission, or such deputies as they may designate in writing to the State Treasurer, and shall be presented to the State Treasurer and dealt with by him and the Treasury Department in the manner prescribed by the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as "The Fiscal Code."
(Dec. 18, 1980, P.L.1247, No.226, eff. imd.)

1980 Amendment. Act 226 amended subsec. (b).
Cross References. Section 511 is referred to in section 510 of this title.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES

Chapter 5 - Powers and Duties

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 501 - General powers

Section 502 - Enforcement proceedings by commission

Section 503 - Enforcement proceedings by Chief Counsel

Section 504 - Reports by public utilities

Section 505 - Duty to furnish information to commission; cooperation in valuing property

Section 506 - Inspection of facilities and records

Section 507 - Contracts between public utilities and municipalities

Section 508 - Power of the commission to vary, reform and revise contracts

Section 509 - Regulation of manufacture, sale or lease of appliances

Section 510 - Assessment for regulatory expenses upon public utilities

Section 511 - Disposition, appropriation and disbursement of assessments and fees

Section 511.1 - Use of Federal funds under energy program

Section 512 - Power of commission to require insurance

Section 512.1 - Power of commission to confiscate, impound and sell vehicles

Section 513 - Public letting of contracts

Section 514 - Use of coal

Section 515 - Construction cost of electric generating units

Section 516 - Audits of certain utilities

Section 517 - Conversion of electric generating units fueled by oil or natural gas

Section 518 - Construction of electric generating units fueled by nuclear energy

Section 519 - Construction of electric generating units fueled by oil or natural gas

Section 520 - Power of commission to order cancellation or modification of construction of electric generating units

Section 521 - Retirement of electric generating units

Section 522 - Expense reduction program

Section 523 - Performance factor consideration

Section 524 - Data to be supplied by electric utilities

Section 525 - Sale of generating units and power

Section 526 - Rejection of rate increase requests due to inadequate quality or quantity of service

Section 527 - Cogeneration rules and regulations

Section 528 - Use of foreign coal by qualifying facilities

Section 529 - Power of commission to order acquisition of small water and sewer utilities

Section 530 - Clean Air Act implementation plans