PRINTER'S NO. 138
No. 106 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY MUSTO, MARCH 2, 2007
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 2, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, providing for the use of alternate 3 railroad lines in third class cities. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Title 66 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated 7 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: 8 § 2710. Use of alternate railroad lines in third class cities. 9 All railroads operating in this Commonwealth that transport, 10 within the boundaries of a third class city, a waste material to 11 be used for beneficial use shall first consider and use any 12 alternate railroad line that does not go through the municipal 13 boundaries of the third class city. If, in the opinion of the 14 commission, an alternate railroad line outside the boundaries of 15 the third class city is not available to transport the waste 16 material to be used for beneficial use, then the material may be 17 transported on a railroad within the boundaries of the third 18 class city, provided that the railroad line with the shortest
1 distance within the city is used.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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