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A02886
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
523
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DAY, BERNSTINE, MILLARD, NEILSON AND ZIMMERMAN,
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 19, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1836 (P.L.551, No.169), entitled
"An act relating to roads, highways and bridges," further
providing for repair of private roads.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 15 of the act of June 13, 1836 (P.L.551,
No.169), referred to as the General Road Law, is amended to
read:
Section 15. Repair of private roads
(a) All private roads shall be opened, fenced and kept in
repair by and at the expense of the person or persons
respectively at whose request the same were granted and laid
out, and by their heirs and assigns.
(b) In the absence of a written agreement or if the private
road is a part of a planned community under 68 Pa.C.S. (relating
to real and personal property), when (b) When more than one
person enjoys a common benefit from a private road, each person
shall contribute in proportion to the amount of private road
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owned utilized to the cost of maintaining the private road at
the current level of improvement and shall have the right to
bring a civil action to enforce the requirement of this section.
(c) A person shall be exempt from contributing to the cost
of maintaining the private road under subsection (b) if the
person does not utilize the private road for primary access to
the person's property.
(d) This section shall not apply to private roads with a
written agreement or to private roads within a common interest
ownership community under 68 Pa.C.S. (relating to real and
personal property).
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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