PRINTER'S NO. 1366
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
972
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY McGARRIGLE, DECEMBER 6, 2017
REFERRED TO URBAN AFFAIRS AND HOUSING, DECEMBER 6, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), entitled "An
act relating to the rights, obligations and liabilities of
landlord and tenant and of parties dealing with them and
amending, revising, changing and consolidating the law
relating thereto," in tenement buildings and multiple
dwelling premises, providing for utility service foreign
load.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), known
as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 506-A. Utility service foreign load.-- (a) A
landlord and tenant may agree, in a lease or by separate written
agreement, at the same time a lease agreement is entered into,
that the tenant will be responsible for payment of amounts
related to foreign load on a utility account in the tenant's
name in exchange for consideration. Any lease or contract
containing a provision obligating a tenant to be responsible for
foreign load registering on a utility account in the tenant's
name must:
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