Bill Text: PA HB696 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Further providing for definitions.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Referred to CONSUMER AFFAIRS [HB696 Detail]
Download: Pennsylvania-2013-HB696-Introduced.html
| PRINTER'S NO. 793 |
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. | 696 | Session of 2013 |
INTRODUCED BY MUNDY, TRUITT, HALUSKA, CARROLL, KORTZ, HARKINS, MURT, FRANKEL, COHEN, HAGGERTY, SANTARSIERO, FREEMAN AND MULLERY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
REFERRED TO COMMITEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2Consolidated Statutes, further providing for definitions.
3The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4hereby enacts as follows:
5Section 1. The definition of "public utility" in section 102
6of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended
7and the section is amended by adding definitions to read:
8§ 102. Definitions.
9Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
10provisions of this part which are applicable to specific
11provisions of this part, the following words and phrases when
12used in this part shall have, unless the context clearly
13indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
14* * *
15"Gathering line." A pipe that:
16(1) Carries uncompressed gas.
17(2) Is used to gather gas from a producing gas well or
1production facility for transport to a compressor station,
2other well sites or to transmission or distribution lines or
3mains.
4"Gathering line company." A person or corporation owning or
5operating equipment or a facility in this Commonwealth that:
6(1) Carries uncompressed gas.
7(2) Is used to gather gas from a producing gas well or
8production facility for transport to a compressor station,
9other well sites or to transmission or distribution lines or
10mains.
11* * *
12"Public utility."
13(1) Any person or corporations now or hereafter owning
14or operating in this Commonwealth equipment or facilities
15for:
16(i) Producing, generating, transmitting,
17distributing or furnishing natural or artificial gas,
18electricity, or steam for the production of light, heat,
19or power to or for the public for compensation.
20(ii) Diverting, developing, pumping, impounding,
21distributing, or furnishing water to or for the public
22for compensation.
23(iii) Transporting passengers or property as a
24common carrier.
25(iv) Use as a canal, turnpike, tunnel, bridge,
26wharf, and the like for the public for compensation.
27(v) Transporting or conveying natural or artificial
28gas, crude oil, gasoline, or petroleum products,
29materials for refrigeration, or oxygen or nitrogen, or
30other fluid substance, by pipeline or conduit, for the
1public for compensation.
2(vi) Conveying or transmitting messages or
3communications, except as set forth in paragraph (2)(iv),
4by telephone or telegraph or domestic public land mobile
5radio service including, but not limited to, point-to-
6point microwave radio service for the public for
7compensation.
8(vii) Sewage collection, treatment, or disposal for
9the public for compensation.
10(viii) Providing limousine service in a county of
11the second class pursuant to Subchapter B of Chapter 11
12(relating to limousine service in counties of the second
13class).
14(2) The term does not include:
15(i) Any person or corporation, not otherwise a
16public utility, who or which furnishes service only to
17himself or itself.
18(ii) Any bona fide cooperative association which
19furnishes service only to its stockholders or members on
20a nonprofit basis.
21(iii) Any producer of natural gas not engaged in
22distributing such gas directly to the public for
23compensation, including a gathering line company.
24(iv) Any person or corporation, not otherwise a
25public utility, who or which furnishes mobile domestic
26cellular radio telecommunications service.
27(v) Any building or facility owner/operators who
28hold ownership over and manage the internal distribution
29system serving such building or facility and who supply
30electric power and other related electric power services
1to occupants of the building or facility.
2(vi) Electric generation supplier companies, except
3for the limited purposes as described in sections 2809
4(relating to requirements for electric generation
5suppliers) and 2810 (relating to revenue-neutral
6reconciliation).
7(3) For the purposes of sections 2702 (relating to
8construction, relocation, suspension and abolition of
9crossings), 2703 (relating to ejectment in crossing cases)
10and 2704 (relating to compensation for damages occasioned by
11construction, relocation or abolition of crossings) and those
12portions of sections 1501 (relating to character of service
13and facilities), 1505 (relating to proper service and
14facilities established on complaint; authority to order
15conservation and load management programs) and 1508 (relating
16to reports of accidents), as those sections or portions
17thereof relate to safety only, a municipal authority or
18transportation authority organized under the laws of this
19Commonwealth shall be considered a public utility when it
20owns or operates, for the carriage of passengers or goods by
21rail, a line of railroad composed of lines formerly owned or
22operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Penn-Central
23Transportation Company, the Reading Company or the
24Consolidated Rail Corporation.
25* * *
26Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
