PRINTER'S NO. 2912
No. 2270 Session of 1980
INTRODUCED BY REED AND LEVI, FEBRUARY 13, 1980
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FEBRUARY 13, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 66 (Public Utilities) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, prohibiting the commission from
3 ordering certain counties to perform work on crossings.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 2702 of Title 66, act
7 of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is amended to read:
9 § 2702. Construction, relocation, suspension and abolition of
10 crossings.
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12 (c) Mandatory relocation, alteration, suspension or
13 abolition.--Upon its own motion or upon complaint, the
14 commission shall have exclusive power after hearing, upon notice
15 to all parties in interest, including the owners of adjacent
16 property, to order any such crossing heretofore or hereafter
17 constructed to be relocated or altered, or to be suspended or
18 abolished upon such reasonable terms and conditions as shall be
1 prescribed by the commission. In determining the plans and
2 specifications for any such crossing, the commission may lay
3 out, establish, and open such new highways as, in its opinion,
4 may be necessary to connect such crossing with any existing
5 highway, or make such crossing more available to public use; and
6 may abandon or vacate such highways or portions of highways as,
7 in the opinion of the commission, may be rendered unnecessary
8 for public use by the construction, relocation, or abandonment
9 of any of such crossings. The commission may order the work of
10 construction, relocation, alteration, protection, suspension or
11 abolition of any crossing aforesaid to be performed in whole or
12 in part by any public utility or municipal corporation concerned
13 or by the Commonwealth. A county which has not previously made a
14 capital investment in such a crossing shall not be subject to
15 the provisions of this subsection unless it specifically request
16 inclusion.
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18 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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