1Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
2Consolidated Statutes, further providing for purposes and
3powers of authorities.

4The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5hereby enacts as follows:

6Section 1. Section 5607(d)(10) and (11) of Title 53 of the
7Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

8§ 5607. Purposes and powers.

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10(d) Powers.--Every authority may exercise all powers
11necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes set
12forth in this section, including, but without limiting the
13generality of the foregoing, the following rights and powers:

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15(10) In the case of an authority which has agreed to
16provide water service through a separate meter and separate
17service line to a residential dwelling unit in which the
18owner does not reside, to impose and enforce the [owner's]

1duty of the tenant to pay a [tenant's] bill for service
2rendered to the tenant by the authority. [only if the] The
3authority [notifies) shall notify the owner and the tenant
4within 30 days after the bill first becomes overdue.
5Notification shall be provided by first class mail to the
6address of the owner provided to the authority by the owner
7and to the billing address of the tenant, respectively.
8Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require an
9authority to terminate service to a tenant, and the owner
10shall not be liable for any service which the authority
11provides to the tenant. [90 or more days after the tenant's
12bill first becomes due unless the authority has been
13prevented by court order from terminating service to that
14tenant.]

15(11) In the case of an authority which has agreed to
16provide sewer service to a residential dwelling unit in which
17the owner does not reside, to impose and enforce the
18[owner's] tenant's duty to pay a [tenant's] bill for service
19rendered by the authority to the tenant. The authority shall
20notify the owner and the tenant within 30 days after the
21tenant's bill for that service first becomes overdue.
22Notification shall be provided by first class mail to the
23address of the owner provided to the authority by the owner
24and to the billing address of the tenant, respectively.
25Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to [relieve the
26owner of liability for such service unless the authority
27fails to provide the notice required in this paragraph]
28impose responsibility and liability on the owner of the 
29property where the tenant has contracted for service.

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1Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.