HB 235 — An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers.

PRINTER'S NO.   188

                       THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 235
                                                  Session of
                                                    2025

     INTRODUCED BY GLEIM, HAMM, GREINER, RAPP, COOK, PICKETT,
        MENTZER, STAMBAUGH, LEADBETER, GROVE, ROWE, SMITH AND
        ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 22, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
        PROTECTION, JANUARY 22, 2025


                                       AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further
 3      providing for purposes and powers.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Section 5607(d)(34) of Title 53 of the
 7   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 5607.    Purposes and powers.
 9      * * *
10      (d)    Powers.--Every authority may exercise all powers
11   necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes set
12   forth in this section, including, but without limiting the
13   generality of the foregoing, the following rights and powers:
14             * * *
15             (34)    In the case of an authority that performs storm
16      water planning, management and implementation, reasonable and
17      uniform rates [may] shall be based in whole or in part on
1     property characteristics, which [may] shall include
2     installation and maintenance of best management practices
3     approved and inspected by the authority[.] and, in the case
4     of a normal agricultural operation, best management practices
5     approved by the United States Department of Agriculture
6     Natural Resources Conservation Service or the State
7     Conservation Commission.
8     * * *
9     Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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