Pennsylvania Code
Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part I - Public Utility Commission
Subpart A - General Provisions
Chapter 1 - RULES OF ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Subchapter F - SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS
Section 1.56 - Date of service

Universal Citation: 52 PA Code ยง 1.56

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) The date of service shall be the earliest day when the document served meets one of the following conditions:

(1) The document is deposited in the United States mail.

(2) The document is deposited with an overnight express package delivery service.

(3) The document is delivered in person.

(4) The document is transmitted by telefacsimile or electronic mail as provided in § 1.54(b) (relating to service by a party) prior to 4:30 p.m. local prevailing time in the Eastern Time Zone (United States of America).

(5) The document enters an information processing system designated by the recipient for the purpose of receiving service and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the served document in a form capable of being processed by the recipient's system prior to 4:30 p.m. local prevailing time in the Eastern Time Zone (United States of America).

(b) Unless otherwise prescribed by the Commission or presiding officer, whenever a party is required or permitted to do an act within a prescribed period after service of a document upon the party and the document is served by first-class mail by the United States Postal Service, 3 days shall be added to the prescribed period.

(c) Subsection (a) supersedes 1 Pa. Code §33.34 (relating to date of service).

The provisions of this §1.56 amended under the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § § 309-311, 315, 331-335, 501, 504-506, 523, 701-703, 1101-1103, 1301, 1501 and 1504.

This section cited in 52 Pa. Code § 1.8 (relating to definitions); 52 Pa. Code § 5.533 (relating to procedure to except to initial, tentative and recommended decisions); and 52 Pa. Code § 5.535 (relating to replies).

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