PRINTER'S NO. 550
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
550
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ZIMMERMAN, BARRAR, GROVE, IRVIN, DEASY, OWLETT,
KEEFER, HERSHEY, PICKETT, FEE, FRITZ, MOUL, BERNSTINE AND
GILLEN, FEBRUARY 20, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 4, 1978 (P.L.864, No.167), entitled
"An act providing for the regulation of land and water use
for flood control and storm water management purposes,
imposing duties and conferring powers on the Department of
Environmental Resources, municipalities and counties,
providing for enforcement, and making appropriations,"
further providing for watershed storm water plans and
contents.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5(a) of the act of October 4, 1978
(P.L.864, No.167), known as the Storm Water Management Act, is
amended to read:
Section 5. Watershed storm water plans and contents.
(a) Within two years following the promulgation of
guidelines by the department pursuant to section 14, each county
shall prepare and adopt a watershed storm water management plan
for each watershed located in the county as designated by the
department, in consultation with the municipalities located
within each watershed, and shall periodically review and revise
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