2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 66 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Chapter 3 - Public Utility Commission
305 - Director of operations, secretary, employees and consultants.

     § 305.  Director of operations, secretary,
                employees and consultants.
        (a)  Director of operations.--The commission may appoint a
     director of operations who shall serve at the pleasure of the
     commission and shall be responsible for the day-to-day
     administration and operation of the bureaus and offices of the
     commission, except that the director of operations shall have
     responsibility for the prosecutorial function only with regard
     to administrative matters.
        (b)  Secretary.--The commission may appoint and fix the
     compensation of a secretary to hold office at its pleasure. The
     secretary shall have such powers and shall perform such duties
     not contrary to law as the commission shall prescribe. The
     commission shall have power and authority to designate, from
     time to time, one of its clerks to perform the duties of the
     secretary during his absence, and the clerk so designated shall
     possess, for the time so designated, the powers of the secretary
     of the commission.
        (c)  Employees and consultants.--The commission may appoint,
     fix the compensation of, authorize and delegate such officers,
     consultants, experts, engineers, statisticians, accountants,
     inspectors, clerks and employees as may be appropriate for the
     proper conduct of the work of the commission. The total
     compensation paid to consultants in any fiscal year shall not
     exceed 4% of the commission's budget. The commission shall keep
     records of the names of each consultant, the services performed
     for the commission, and the amounts expended for each
     consultant's services. The commission shall submit these records
     as a part of its annual budget submission. Such records shall be
     a matter of public record open for inspection at the office of
     the commission during the normal business hours of the
     commission. The commission shall establish, after consultation
     with the Civil Service Commission, standardized qualifications
     for employment and advancement, and all titles, and establish
     different standards for different kinds, grades, and classes of
     similar work or service. The employees of the commission shall
     be afforded employment security as provided by the act of August
     5, 1941 (P.L.752, No.286), known as the "Civil Service Act," or
     the appropriate collective bargaining agreement, whichever is
     applicable, but the commission shall set the salaries of all
     employees in accordance with the employment standards
     established under this section.
     (July 10, 1986, P.L.1238, No.114; Oct. 15, 2008, P.L.1592,
     No.129, eff. 30 days)

        2008 Amendment.  Act 129 amended subsec. (a).
        1986 Amendment.  Act 114 amended the entire section,
     effective in 60 days as to subsec. (a) and immediately as to the
     remainder of the section.