PRINTER'S NO. 416
No. 374 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BRIGHTBILL, O'PAKE, COSTA, HOLL, MUSTO, TOMLINSON, MADIGAN, WHITE, FUMO, RHOADES AND SLOCUM, FEBRUARY 19, 1999
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 19, 1999
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for allocation of 3 costs for construction, relocation, suspension and abolition 4 of crossings. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Section 2702(c) of Title 66 of the Pennsylvania 8 Consolidated Statutes, amended December 3, 1998 (P.L.920, 9 No.113), is amended to read: 10 § 2702. Construction, relocation, suspension and abolition of 11 crossings. 12 * * * 13 (c) Mandatory relocation, alteration, suspension or 14 abolition.--Upon its own motion or upon complaint, the 15 commission shall have exclusive power after hearing, upon notice 16 to all parties in interest, including the owners of adjacent 17 property, to order any such crossing heretofore or hereafter 18 constructed to be relocated or altered, or to be suspended or 19 abolished upon such reasonable terms and conditions as shall be
1 prescribed by the commission. In determining the plans and 2 specifications for any such crossing, the commission may lay 3 out, establish, and open such new highways as, in its opinion, 4 may be necessary to connect such crossing with any existing 5 highway, or make such crossing more available to public use; and 6 may abandon or vacate such highways or portions of highways as, 7 in the opinion of the commission, may be rendered unnecessary 8 for public use by the construction, relocation, or abandonment 9 of any of such crossings. The commission may order the work of 10 construction, relocation, alteration, protection, suspension or 11 abolition of any crossing aforesaid to be performed in whole or 12 in part by any public utility [or municipal corporation] 13 concerned [or], by the Commonwealth or by an established 14 nonprofit organization with a recreational or conservation 15 purpose. 16 * * * 17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. A5L66JAM/19990S0374B0416 - 2 -