PRINTER'S NO. 1123
No. 996 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY CAPPABIANCA, SALOOM, STABACK, VEON, KRUSZEWSKI,
PESCI, D. R. WRIGHT, CAWLEY, SCRIMENTI, JOHNSON, BILLOW,
LAUGHLIN, MELIO, OLASZ, BOYES, TANGRETTI, RICHARDSON, COHEN,
TRELLO AND BUSH, APRIL 3, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, APRIL 3, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of June 23, 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), entitled
2 "An act relating to cities of the third class; and amending,
3 revising, and consolidating the law relating thereto,"
4 further providing for collection of sewer, lighting and water
5 charges.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Sections 3213 and 3588 of the act of June 23,
9 1931 (P.L.932, No.317), known as The Third Class City Code,
10 reenacted and amended June 28, 1951 (P.L.662, No.164), are
11 amended to read:
12 Section 3213. [Warrants for] Collection of Sewer Rentals.--
13 (a) Council shall provide for the collection of such annual
14 rentals, rates or charges.
15 (b) In the case of a city which has agreed to provide sewer
16 service to a residential dwelling unit in which the owner does
17 not reside, the city shall notify the owner and the tenant
18 within thirty days after the tenant's bill for that service
1 first becomes overdue. Such notification shall be provided by
2 first class mail to the address of the owner provided to the
3 city by the owner and to the billing address of the tenant,
4 respectively. Nothing herein shall be construed to relieve the
5 owner of liability for such service unless the city fails to
6 provide the notice required herein.
7 Section 3588. Collection of Lighting and Water [Rates]
8 Charges.--(a) Council shall provide, by ordinance, for the
9 collection of all the lighting and water [rates] charges that
10 may accrue, from time to time, to the city for the use of the
11 water or light, fixing the time when such [rates] charges shall
12 be payable, and the penalties for nonpayment thereof; and such
13 [rates] charges shall be [charged] assessed to the respective
14 owners of the real estate on which such water or light is used,
15 and if the same shall not be paid in accordance with the
16 provisions of such ordinance, claims for the amounts due shall
17 be registered in the city lien docket in the same manner as
18 provided by law in the case of unpaid city taxes on real estate,
19 with the like force and effect as to the lien thereof.
20 (b) In the case of a city which has agreed to provide water
21 service through a separate meter and separate service line to a
22 residential dwelling unit in which the owner does not reside,
23 the owner shall be liable to pay the tenant's bill for service
24 rendered to the tenant by the city only if the city notifies the
25 owner and the tenant within thirty days after the bill first
26 becomes overdue. Such notification shall be provided by first
27 class mail to the address of the owner provided to the city by
28 the owner and to the billing address of the tenant,
29 respectively. Nothing herein shall be construed to require a
30 city to terminate service to a tenant, provided that the owner
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1 shall not be liable for any service which the city provides to
2 the tenant ninety or more days after the tenant's bill first
3 becomes due unless the city has been prevented by court order
4 from terminating service to that tenant.
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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