PRINTER'S NO. 1673
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1271
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, MAHONEY, MILLARD, RAPP, THOMAS, WARD AND
WHEELAND, JUNE 1, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JUNE 1, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further
providing for purposes and powers of authorities.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5607(d)(10) and (11) of Title 53 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 5607. Purposes and powers.
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(d) Powers.--Every authority may exercise all powers
necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes set
forth in this section, including, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the following rights and powers:
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(10) In the case of an authority which has agreed to
provide water service through a separate meter and separate
service line to a residential dwelling unit in which the
owner does not reside, to impose and enforce the [owner's]
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duty of the tenant to pay a [tenant's] bill for service
rendered to the tenant by the authority [only if the]. The
authority [notifies] shall notify the owner and the tenant
within 30 days after the bill first becomes overdue.
Notification shall be provided by first class mail to the
address of the owner provided to the authority by the owner
and to the billing address of the tenant, respectively.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require an
authority to terminate service to a tenant, and the owner
shall not be liable for any service which the authority
provides to the tenant [90 or more days after the tenant's
bill first becomes due unless the authority has been
prevented by court order from terminating service to that
tenant].
(11) In the case of an authority which has agreed to
provide sewer service to a residential dwelling unit in which
the owner does not reside, to impose and enforce the
[owner's] tenant's duty to pay a [tenant's] bill for service
rendered by the authority to the tenant. The authority shall
notify the owner and the tenant within 30 days after the
tenant's bill for that service first becomes overdue.
Notification shall be provided by first class mail to the
address of the owner provided to the authority by the owner
and to the billing address of the tenant, respectively.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to [relieve the
owner of liability for such service unless the authority
fails to provide the notice required in this paragraph]
impose responsibility and liability on the owner of the
property where the tenant has contracted for service.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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