PRINTER'S NO. 240
No. 217 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY SHELHAMER, WEIDNER, THOMAS, YAHNER, W. W. FOSTER,
PRATT, COLE, DREIBELBIS, ZELLER, SHUMAN, KLINGAMAN, MORRIS,
DAVIS, BRANDT, DeVERTER AND BRADLEY, FEBRUARY 4, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, FEBRUARY 4, 1975
AN ACT
1 Exempting the owner of certain agricultural land from the
2 payment of assessments for municipal improvements during the
3 period of time that the owner does not use the services
4 provided by the improvements.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The owner of land that has been certified by the
8 Secretary of Agriculture as having been used primarily for
9 agricultural purposes for at least three years prior to the
10 installation of water or sewer lines in a right of way fronting
11 on such land, which right of way was not secured from the said
12 owner, shall not be liable for the cost of the installation of
13 the water or sewer lines provided that he does not avail himself
14 of the services provided by the lines.
15 Section 2. If the owner or subsequent owner of land
16 described in section 1 avails himself of the services provided
17 by the lines he shall become liable in the same manner as other
18 property owners were assessed at the time the installation was
1 made reduced by an amount which the municipality or authority
2 installing the lines deems appropriate taking into consideration
3 the amount of land utilizing the services.
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