PRINTER'S NO. 469
No. 405 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY PRESTON, HARHAI, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JAMES,
KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, PALLONE, READSHAW, THOMAS, WALKO
AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 24, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 24, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the regulation of the
3 placement, maintenance and removal of public telephones in
4 counties of the second class.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 2916. Authority of municipalities in counties of the second
10 class.
11 A county of the second class shall have the power to enact
12 and enforce a local ordinance regulating the placement,
13 maintenance and removal of public telephones within the county.
14 This ordinance may require that applicants obtain permission
15 from the municipality for the placement of a public telephone
16 and may contain provisions relating to fees, the renewal of
17 permits and the suspension or revocation of permits.
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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