PRINTER'S NO. 3152
No. 2451 Session of 1978
INTRODUCED BY BITTINGER, STEWART, ENGLEHART, DAVIES, MUSTO, FEE,
YAHNER, RENWICK, SHUPNIK, PIEVSKY, SCHMITT, STUBAN, MILLIRON,
NOVAK, A. K. HUTCHINSON, ABRAHAM, COWELL, KERNICK, McLANE,
O'KEEFE, GARZIA, MANDERINO, CASSIDY, MANMILLER, LOGUE, IRVIS,
KUKOVICH, STAIRS, L. E. SMITH, HALVERSON AND REED,
APRIL 19, 1978
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, APRIL 19, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," requiring the installation
21 of flood monitoring systems in earthen dams.
22 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
23 hereby enacts as follows:
24 Section 1. Section 1904-A, act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
25 No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929," is amended
1 by adding a clause to read:
2 Section 1904-A. Waters.--The Department of Environmental
3 Resources shall have the power and its duty shall be:
4 * * *
5 (9) To oversee the installation of a flood monitoring system
6 of the sensor type in all earthen dams which could cause loss of
7 life or serious damage to property should a failure of the dam
8 occur. The department shall maintain a current list of all such
9 dams. The cost of each sensor installation, and maintenance
10 thereof, shall be borne by the owner of the dam where it is
11 installed.
12 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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