PRINTER'S NO. 1843
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1389
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY STURLA, ULLMAN, ISAACSON, OTTEN, KINSEY, HILL-
EVANS, NEILSON AND SIMS, MAY 15, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY,
MAY 15, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), entitled
"An act to preserve and improve the purity of the waters of
the Commonwealth for the protection of public health, animal
and aquatic life, and for industrial consumption, and
recreation; empowering and directing the creation of
indebtedness or the issuing of non-debt revenue bonds by
political subdivisions to provide works to abate pollution;
providing protection of water supply and water quality;
providing for the jurisdiction of courts in the enforcement
thereof; providing additional remedies for abating pollution
of waters; imposing certain penalties; repealing certain
acts; regulating discharges of sewage and industrial wastes;
regulating the operation of mines and regulating the impact
of mining upon water quality, supply and quantity; placing
responsibilities upon landowners and land occupiers and to
maintain primary jurisdiction over surface coal mining in
Pennsylvania," in scope and purpose, further providing for
fences along streams.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 702 of the act of June 22, 1937
(P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, is amended
to read:
Section 702. Fences along Streams.--[No] An administrative
agency of the Commonwealth or [any political subdivision thereof
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shall] a municipality may require any person to erect a fence
along a stream in a pasture or other field used for grazing of
farm livestock for the purpose of keeping farm livestock out of
the stream. An ordinance enacted by a municipality under this
paragraph shall include provisions for stream crossings in
accordance with Department of Environmental Protection
regulations and guidelines relating to stream crossings.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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