PRINTER'S NO.  144

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

148

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY SOLOBAY, BOYD, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, EVERETT, GIBBONS, GROVE, GRUCELA, MAHONEY, McILVAINE SMITH, KULA, PYLE, SIPTROTH, SWANGER, VULAKOVICH, WANSACZ AND WHITE, JANUARY 30, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 30, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending the act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), entitled

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"An act relating to roads, streets, highways and bridges;

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amending, revising, consolidating and changing the laws

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administered by the Secretary of Highways and by the

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Department of Highways relating thereto," providing for

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partial obligation of State for drainage structures.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  The act of June 1, 1945 (P.L.1242, No.428), known

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as the State Highway Law, is amended by adding a section to

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read:

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Section 516.  Partial Obligation of State for Drainage

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Structures.--The Commonwealth, through the department, shall

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share equally with any borough or town the cost and obligation

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to maintain, construct or reconstruct drainage structures with a

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total spanned length not exceeding ten (10) feet, measured along

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the center line of the street.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.