PRINTER'S NO. 1577
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1202
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TAYLOR, DIAMOND, MALONEY, GODSHALL, MILLARD,
BROWNLEE, JAMES, COHEN, M. K. KELLER, W. KELLER, MARSICO AND
ZIMMERMAN, MAY 13, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MAY 13, 2015
AN ACT
Repealing the act of May 28, 1943 (P.L.796, No.333), entitled
"An act establishing as state highways, certain county
highways and requiring their construction, repair and
maintenance as such."
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of May 28, 1943 (P.L.796, No.333),
entitled "An act establishing as state highways, certain county
highways and requiring their construction, repair and
maintenance as such," is repealed:
[AN ACT
Establishing as state highways, certain county highways and
requiring their construction, repair and maintenance as such.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. That where any county is responsible for the
construction or maintenance of any highway, such highway shall,
if and when the county commissioners consent thereto by
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resolution, a copy of which shall be filed in the office of the
clerk of the courts of the proper county and with the Department
of Highways, be adopted by the Commonwealth as a State highway
and shall thereafter be constructed, repaired and maintained at
the expense of the Commonwealth as State highways are now
constructed, repaired and maintained under the provisions of
existing laws: Provided, That no highway shall be taken over by
the Commonwealth under the provisions of this act, unless such
highway was a county highway on the twenty-eighth day of May,
one thousand nine hundred forty-three, nor if a contract for the
improvement thereof has been entered into between a contractor
and the Commonwealth or local authorities, or both, until such
contract shall have been completed: Provided further, That the
Commonwealth shall not become responsible under the terms of
this act for any bridge, viaduct or other structure, except
drainage structures, having a total spanned length of ten feet
or less, measured along the center line of the highway.]
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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