PRINTER'S NO. 3122
No. 2309 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY LLOYD, DEMPSEY, HALUSKA, RAYMOND, PETRARCA,
TANGRETTI, COY, PESCI, FLICK, DISTLER, SCHEETZ, NOYE,
LaGROTTA, VAN HORNE, BELFANTI, STEIGHNER, TRICH, BURD,
GODSHALL, TIGUE, GIGLIOTTI, McVERRY, D. W. SNYDER, HASAY,
LEVDANSKY AND JOHNSON, MARCH 12, 1990
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 12, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 2, 1945 (P.L.382, No.164), entitled "An
2 act providing for the incorporation as bodies corporate and
3 politic of 'Authorities' for municipalities, counties and
4 townships; prescribing the rights, powers and duties of such
5 Authorities heretofore or hereafter incorporated; authorizing
6 such Authorities to acquire, construct, improve, maintain and
7 operate projects, and to borrow money and issue bonds
8 therefor; providing for the payment of such bonds, and
9 prescribing the rights of the holders thereof; conferring the
10 right of eminent domain on such Authorities; authorizing such
11 Authorities to enter into contracts with and to accept grants
12 from the Federal Government or any agency thereof; and
13 conferring exclusive jurisdiction on certain courts over
14 rates," regulating an owner's liability for a tenant's bill.
15 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
16 hereby enacts as follows:
17 Section 1. Subsection B of section 4 of the act of May 2,
18 1945 (P.L.382, No.164), known as the Municipality Authorities
19 Act of 1945, is amended by adding a clause to read:
20 Section 4. Purposes and Powers; General.--* * *
21 B. Every Authority is hereby granted, and shall have and may
22 exercise all powers necessary or convenient for the carrying out
1 of the aforesaid purposes, including but without limiting the
2 generality of the foregoing, the following rights and powers:
3 * * *
4 (h.1) In the case of a municipal Authority which provides
5 utility service to a residential dwelling unit in which the
6 owner does not reside, the owner shall be liable to pay the
7 tenant's bill for that service only if:
8 (i) the authority notifies the owner in writing within ten
9 days after the tenant's bill first becomes overdue;
10 (ii) the authority notifies the tenant at least three times
11 that the tenant's bill is overdue and that service will be
12 terminated if the overdue bill is not paid; and
13 (iii) the authority terminates service to the tenant within
14 sixty days after the tenant's bill becomes overdue by an amount
15 greater than seventy-five ($75) dollars.
16 Nothing herein shall be construed to require an authority to
17 terminate service to a tenant if the authority is willing to
18 relieve the owner of liability for the tenant's bill. This
19 clause shall not be applicable to a residential unit unless the
20 unit is served by its own individual meter.
21 * * *
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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