PRINTER'S NO. 2326
No. 1907 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, JUNE 23, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSERVATION, JUNE 23, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the planning and
3 regulation of community sewage systems and individual sewage
4 systems; requiring municipalities to submit plans for systems
5 in their jurisdiction; authorizing grants; requiring permits
6 for persons installing such systems; requiring disclosure
7 statements in certain land sale contracts; authorizing the
8 Department of Environmental Resources to adopt and administer
9 rules, regulations, standards and procedures; creating an
10 advisory committee; providing remedies and prescribing
11 penalties," providing for an exclusion from certain
12 permitting requirements.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 8 of the act of January 24, 1966 (1965
16 P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
17 Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
18 Section 8. Powers and Duties of Local Agencies.--* * *
19 (d) A local agency shall exclude an individual sewage system
20 from the permitting requirements of section 7 if that individual
21 sewage system was lawfully installed under the laws and
22 regulations in effect at the time of installation and the system
1 is currently functional. This exclusion shall apply only to the
2 original owner and shall terminate upon the transfer of title to
3 the property.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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