§ 670-421. Discharge of sewage or drainage on highways prohibited
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 36 P.S. Highways and Bridges
36 P.S. § 670-421
§ 670-421. Discharge of sewage or drainage on highways prohibited
It is unlawful for any person to discharge sewage or drainage, except surface drainage, on, or within the legal limits of, any State highway.
Any sewer outlet placed or located within the limits of a State highway, or so located that the discharge therefrom enters a State highway, is hereby declared to be a violation of this section, and a public nuisance, and may be blocked or removed by the department.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, upon summary conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), or, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of one day for each dollar of fine and costs unpaid. All fines collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality in which the offense occurred.
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1945, June 1, P.L. 1242, art. IV, § 421.
<The State Highway Law [36 P.S. §§ 670-101 to 670-1102] is repealed insofar as inconsistent with Art. V-A of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, relating to municipal capital improvements, pursuant to 1990, Dec. 19, P.L.1343, No. 209, § 2. See 53 P.S. § 10501-A et seq.>
36 P.S. § 670-421, PA ST 36 P.S. § 670-421
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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