PRINTER'S NO. 2518

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1918 Session of 1984


        INTRODUCED BY GAMBLE, KUKOVICH, MORRIS, CLARK, DUFFY, TIGUE,
           FISCHER AND COWELL, FEBRUARY 13, 1984

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 13, 1984

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
     2     Consolidated Statutes, requiring water companies to provide
     3     service to all properties within its territory.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 1502 of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 1502.  Discrimination in service.
     9     No public utility shall, as to service, make or grant any
    10  unreasonable preference or advantage to any person, corporation,
    11  or municipal corporation, or subject any person, corporation, or
    12  municipal corporation to any unreasonable prejudice or
    13  disadvantage. No public utility shall establish or maintain any
    14  unreasonable difference as to service, either as between
    15  localities or as between classes of service, but this section
    16  does not prohibit the establishment of reasonable
    17  classifications of service. No water company shall refuse to
    18  provide service to any property located within its territory.

     1     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.




















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