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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY WOZNIAK, STOUT, FONTANA, ALLOWAY, O'PAKE, COSTA, EARLL AND BOSCOLA, FEBRUARY 19, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEBRUARY 19, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, further providing for purposes and |
3 | powers of authorities. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 5607(d)(10) and (11) of Title 53 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read: |
8 | § 5607. Purposes and powers. |
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10 | (d) Powers.--Every authority may exercise all powers |
11 | necessary or convenient for the carrying out of the purposes set |
12 | forth in this section, including, but without limiting the |
13 | generality of the foregoing, the following rights and powers: |
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15 | (10) In the case of an authority which has agreed to |
16 | provide water service through a separate meter and separate |
17 | service line to a residential dwelling unit in which the |
18 | owner does not reside, to impose and enforce the [owner's] |
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1 | duty of the tenant to pay a [tenant's] bill for service |
2 | rendered to the tenant by the authority. [only if the] The |
3 | authority [notifies) shall notify the owner and the tenant |
4 | within 30 days after the bill first becomes overdue. |
5 | Notification shall be provided by first class mail to the |
6 | address of the owner provided to the authority by the owner |
7 | and to the billing address of the tenant, respectively. |
8 | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require an |
9 | authority to terminate service to a tenant, and the owner |
10 | shall not be liable for any service which the authority |
11 | provides to the tenant. [90 or more days after the tenant's |
12 | bill first becomes due unless the authority has been |
13 | prevented by court order from terminating service to that |
14 | tenant.] |
15 | (11) In the case of an authority which has agreed to |
16 | provide sewer service to a residential dwelling unit in which |
17 | the owner does not reside, to impose and enforce the |
18 | [owner's] tenant's duty to pay a [tenant's] bill for service |
19 | rendered by the authority to the tenant. The authority shall |
20 | notify the owner and the tenant within 30 days after the |
21 | tenant's bill for that service first becomes overdue. |
22 | Notification shall be provided by first class mail to the |
23 | address of the owner provided to the authority by the owner |
24 | and to the billing address of the tenant, respectively. |
25 | Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to [relieve the |
26 | owner of liability for such service unless the authority |
27 | fails to provide the notice required in this paragraph] |
28 | impose responsibility and liability on the owner of the |
29 | property where the tenant has contracted for service. |
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1 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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