PRINTER'S NO. 2164
No. 1660 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY LEH, JUNE 23, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS,
JUNE 23, 2003
AN ACT
1 Requiring notification of condemnation proceedings by public
2 utilities and pipeline companies.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Notification of condemnation.
6 Except as otherwise provided in section 2, a public utility
7 or pipeline company possessing the authority to condemn real
8 property shall provide written notice of its intent to condemn
9 any real property to the governing bodies of all municipalities
10 in which the real property is located at least 120 days prior to
11 initiating any action under the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess.,
12 P.L.84, No.6), known as the Eminent Domain Code.
13 Section 2. Exception.
14 A public utility or pipeline company is not required to
15 provide the notice under section 1 when it acts in response to
16 an emergency.
17 Section 3. Effective date.
1 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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