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Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 32 P.S. Forests, Waters and State Parks
Part II. Waters (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 33. Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact
32 P.S. § 816.3
§ 816.3. Powers of commission; duties of state officers; departments, etc.; jurisdiction of common pleas courts; enforcement of act
There is hereby granted to the commission and commissioners thereof, all the powers provided for in the said compact, and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. All officers of this State are hereby authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective provinces and jurisdiction necessary to, or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular; it being hereby declared to be the policy of this State to perform and carry out the said compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All officers, bureaus, departments, and persons of and in the State Government or administration of this State, are hereby authorized and directed at convenient times and upon request of the said commission to furnish the said commission with information and data possessed by them, or any of them, and to aid said commission by loan of personnel, or other means lying within their legal powers respectively.
The courts of common pleas of this State are hereby granted the jurisdiction specified in Article IX of said compact, and the Attorney General or any other law-enforcing officer of this State is hereby granted the power to institute any action for the enforcement of the orders of the commission as specified in said Article IX of the compact.

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1945, April 2, P.L. 103, § 3.
32 P.S. § 816.3, PA ST 32 P.S. § 816.3
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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