(a) Payment into General Fund.--All assessments and fees received, collected or recovered under this chapter shall be paid by the commission into the General Fund of the State Treasury through the Department of Revenue.

(b) Use and appropriation of funds.--All such assessments and fees, having been advanced by public utilities for the purpose of defraying the cost of administering this part, shall be held in trust solely for that purpose, and shall be earmarked for the use of, and annually appropriated to, the commission for disbursement solely for that purpose.

(c) Requisition of funds.--All requisitions upon such appropriation shall be signed by the chairman and secretary of the commission, or such deputies as they may designate in writing to the State Treasurer, and shall be presented to the State Treasurer and dealt with by him and the Treasury Department in the manner prescribed by the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 343, No. 176),¹ known as “The Fiscal Code.”