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HB235 • 2025

An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers.

An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
GLEIM
Last action
2025-01-22
Official status
Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Jan. 22, 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers.

An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-01-22 ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION

    Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Jan. 22, 2025

Official Summary Text

An Act amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further providing for purposes and powers.

Current Bill Text

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PRINTER'S NO. 188
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 235
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GLEIM, HAMM, GREINER, RAPP, COOK, PICKETT,
MENTZER, STAMBAUGH, LEADBETER, GROVE, ROWE, SMITH AND
ZIMMERMAN, JANUARY 22, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, JANUARY 22, 2025
AN ACT
Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in municipal authorities, further
providing for purposes and powers.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5607(d)(34) of Title 53 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 5607. Purposes and powers.
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(d) Powers.--Every authority may exercise all powers
necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes set
forth in this section, including, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the following rights and powers:
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(34) In the case of an authority that performs storm
water planning, management and implementation, reasonable and
uniform rates [may] shall be based in whole or in part on
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property characteristics, which [may] shall include
installation and maintenance of best management practices
approved and inspected by the authority[.] and, in the case
of a normal agricultural operation, best management practices
approved by the United States Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service or the State
Conservation Commission.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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