PRINTER'S NO. 2964
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1901
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SAYLOR, TRUITT, DUNBAR, KAUFFMAN, ZIMMERMAN,
GROVE, GILLEN, KIRKLAND, MURT, CUTLER, KNOWLES, BARRAR AND
TOOHIL, MARCH 15, 2016
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 15, 2016
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 grants and reimbursements
authorized.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6(a) of the act of January 24, 1966 (1965
P.L.1535, No.537), known as the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities
Act, amended December 14, 1994 (P.L.1250, No.149), is amended to
read:
Section 6. Grants and Reimbursements Authorized.--(a) The
department is authorized to administer grants to counties,
municipalities and authorities to assist them in preparing
official plans and revisions to official plans for sewage
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systems required by this act, and for carrying out related
studies, surveys, investigations, inquiries, research and
analyses. Such grants shall be made from funds appropriated by
the General Assembly for this purpose and shall equal one-half
the cost of preparing such plans. From funds appropriated for
such grants for the 2015-2016 fiscal year and thereafter, the
department shall give funding priority to approved grant
applications from municipalities in counties of the third,
sixth, seventh and eighth class. Such grants shall not be
withheld from any municipality which is complying with the terms
of this act. For the purposes of this section, costs shall be
exclusive of those reimbursed or paid by grants from the Federal
Government.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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