PRINTER'S NO. 1981
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1424
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MAJOR, PICKETT, MALONEY, CAUSER, MILLARD,
GODSHALL, RAPP, McNEILL, HELM, MURT, IRVIN, ZIMMERMAN,
THOMAS, A. HARRIS, COHEN AND PEIFER, JUNE 28, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
JUNE 28, 2015
AN ACT
Amending the act of January 24, 1966 (1965 P.L.1535, No.537),
entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the planning and
regulation of community sewage systems and individual sewage
systems; requiring municipalities to submit plans for systems
in their jurisdiction; authorizing grants; requiring permits
for persons installing such systems; requiring disclosure
statements in certain land sale contracts; authorizing the
Department of Environmental Resources to adopt and administer
rules, regulations, standards and procedures; creating an
advisory committee; providing remedies and prescribing
penalties," further providing for official plans.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5(d) of the act of January 24, 1966 (1965
P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act, is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 5. Official Plans.--* * *
(d) Every official plan shall:
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(2.1) Provide for the use of a holding tank, whether
permanent or temporary, to which sewage is conveyed by a water
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carrying system and which is designed and constructed to
facilitate ultimate disposal of the sewage at another site, for
new construction on a lot that is less than one acre and was
created prior to May 15, 1972, when another sewage treatment
option is not available;
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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