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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PETRI, BEYER, GEORGE, GINGRICH, HESS, MOUL, MURT, PERRY, REICHLEY, ROHRER, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WANSACZ, WATSON AND WHITE, MARCH 6, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, MARCH 6, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537), |
2 | entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the planning and |
3 | regulation of community sewage systems and individual sewage |
4 | systems; requiring municipalities to submit plans for systems |
5 | in their jurisdiction; authorizing grants; requiring permits |
6 | for persons installing such systems; requiring disclosure |
7 | statements in certain land sale contracts; authorizing the |
8 | Department of Environmental Resources to adopt and administer |
9 | rules, regulations, standards and procedures; creating an |
10 | advisory committee; providing remedies and prescribing |
11 | penalties," further providing for official plans. |
12 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
13 | hereby enacts as follows: |
14 | Section 1. Section 5(a) of the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 |
15 | P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities |
16 | Act, amended December 14, 1994 (P.L.1250, No.149), is amended to |
17 | read: |
18 | Section 5. Official Plans.--(a) (1) Each municipality |
19 | shall submit to the department an officially adopted plan for |
20 | sewage services for areas within its jurisdiction within such |
21 | reasonable period as the department may prescribe, and shall |
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1 | from time to time submit revisions of such plan as may be |
2 | required by rules and regulations adopted hereunder or by order |
3 | of the department: Provided, however, That a municipality may at |
4 | any time initiate and submit to the department revisions of the |
5 | said plan. Revisions shall conform to the requirements of |
6 | subsection (d) of this section and the rules and regulations of |
7 | the department. |
8 | (2) Each municipality shall, at least thirty days prior to |
9 | holding the required public hearing considering revisions to the |
10 | municipality's plan for sewage services to the department, |
11 | notify in writing each property owner in areas where community |
12 | sewage systems are planned to be available within a ten-year |
13 | period. This notification shall include information as |
14 | appropriate that describes any requirements for a property owner |
15 | not part of a community sewage system to connect to such system. |
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17 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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