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Public Service Commission presses for staff, lawmakers decline additional railroad inspectors
Summary
The Public Service Commission asked the House Appropriations Subcommittee D to restore one personnel position and urged support for additional rail inspectors proposed in House Bill 103; legislators on the panel expressed caution, saying federal authority and data gaps complicate state expansion of track inspections.
Chairwoman Nave opened the Subcommittee D hearing on the public-safety portion of HB 2 by reminding members that “public safety is the most important function of government,” and then reviewed the Public Service Commission’s (PSC) budget request and staffing needs.
Commission Vice President Jennifer Fielder told the committee the PSC’s budget request included one personnel budget (DP 200) that the subcommittee did not approve. She asked the committee to consider an amendment to reinstate that position, describing it as an administrative role that would “handle all of the documentation in the MAPPA process in all of these contested case…
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