(a) Temporary.--The commission shall promulgate temporary
regulations as necessary to implement this chapter. The
temporary regulations shall not be subject to the following:
(1) Sections 201, 202, 203, 204 and 205 of the act of
July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the
Commonwealth Documents Law .
(2) Sections 204(b) and 301(10) of the act of October
15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164), known as the Commonwealth
Attorneys Act .
(3) The act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as
the Regulatory Review Act .
(b) Expiration.--The temporary regulations promulgated under
subsection (a) shall expire upon the promulgation of final form
regulations or two years following the effective date of this
section, whichever is earlier.
§ 3709 6708 . Contingency for public funding.
Before a water or wastewater system operator may receive a
subsidized loan or other financial assistance from the
Commonwealth, the water or wastewater system operator must
demonstrate that the operator has developed or is in the process
of developing an asset management program required under this
chapter.
§ 3710 6709 . Enforcement.
A water system operator or waste water system operator that
fails to file an asset management plan or comply with a
commission approved plan shall, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, be deemed a public utility and regulated as a
public utility. FOR A WATER SYSTEM OPERATOR OR WASTEWATER SYSTEM
OPERATOR SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 6703(D) (RELATING TO ASSET
MANAGEMENT PLANS), THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE AN ORDER, ENTER
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