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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-838

NOTICES

PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC
UTILITY COMMISSION

Abolition of Office of Prothonotary; Doc. No. M-00960800

[28 Pa.B. 2469]

Commissioners present:  John M. Quain, Chairperson; Robert K. Bloom, Vice Chairperson; John Hanger; David W. Rolka; Nora Mead Brownell

Public Meeting held
April 30, 1998

Order

By the Commission:

   At the public meeting held March 16, 1996, the Commission created the Office of Prothonotary to be a separate unit within the Secretary's Bureau, responsible for the filing, docketing, safekeeping, control, dissemination, record retention and retrieval of all documents filed with this agency, effective April 30, 1996. Notice, 26 Pa.B. 1456 (March 30, 1996). Subsequently, we amended our Rules of Practice and Procedure, 52 Pa. Code Chapters 1, 3 and 5 to reflect the Office of Prothonotary and its duties. 27 Pa.B. 414 (January 25, 1997).

   The creation of the Office of Prothonotary was intended to focus attention and resources on the handling of documents filed with the Commission. Based upon the experience gained in that effort and the improvements made in document handling, the Commission has determined that a separate sub-unit within the Secretary's Bureau is no longer necessary. Accordingly, the functions previously assigned to the Office of Prothonotary we will transfer to the Commission's Secretary.

   Any document, pleading, or filing of any kind which would be filed with the Prothonotary should now be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, and any item addressed to the Prothonotary will be directed to the Secretary once it is received by the Commission. The regulations appearing at 52 Pa. Code Chapters 1, 3 and 5 will be amended accordingly when they are reviewed and revised for substantive changes, which occurs approximately every 5 years;

Therefore,

It Is Ordered That:

   1.  The Office of Prothonotary established by notice published at 26 Pa.B. 1456 (March 30, 1996) is hereby abolished.

   2.  The duties formerly performed by the Prothonotary are transferred to the Secretary.

   3.  This order be forwarded to the Pennsylvania Bulletin for publication.

   4.  This order is effective upon its publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

JAMES J. MCNULTY,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-838. Filed for public inspection May 22, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]


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