H1036B1208A05952 MSP:JMT 05/27/20 #90 A05952
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1036
Sponsor: SENATOR CORMAN
Printer's No. 1208
Amend Bill, page 1, line 2, by inserting after "Statutes,"
in creation and alteration, further providing for definitions
and for judicial adjustment;
Amend Bill, page 1, line 4, by striking out the period after
"council" and inserting
; and, in manufacture and supply of electricity, further
providing for specific powers.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 7 and 8, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 1. The definition of "township" in section 200 of
Title 8 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to
read:
§ 200. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
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"Township." A township of the first or second class or any
home rule township.
Section 2. Sections 214(a), 818 and 24A03(a)(1) of Title 8
are amended to read:
§ 214. Judicial adjustment.
(a) Petition.--If the governing bodies of the township and
the borough cannot make an amicable adjustment and apportionment
of the property and indebtedness within six months after the
government of the newly incorporated borough is established, the
supervisors or commissioners of the township or the council of
the borough may present a petition to the court of common pleas
requesting a judicial adjustment.
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Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 14 and 15
§ 24A03. Specific powers.
(a) Specific powers enumerated.--In addition to exercising
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its general powers under section 24A02 (relating to general
powers), a borough, through its governing body, shall have the
following powers:
(1) To contract for the purchase, sale, exchange,
interchange, wheeling, pooling or transmission of electric
power and energy or for the right to the capacity of electric
power, inside and outside of this Commonwealth, to and from
any public or private power entities, private power
companies, other boroughs and electric cooperative
corporations. The sale of electric power to a borough for
resale inside the limits of the borough and the sale of
electric power by a borough inside the limits of the borough
shall be exempt from the tax imposed under section 1101 of
the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax
Reform Code of 1971.
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Section 3. The amendment of 8 Pa.C.S. § 24A03(a)(1) shall
apply as follows:
(1) To gross receipts received after December 31, 2016.
(2) To sales to or by a municipal power agency or any
borough owned or operated utility established on or before
the effective date of this section.
Amend Bill, page 2, line 15, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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