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§ 67603. Connection to water system

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal CorporationsEffective: September 2, 2008

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations
Part X. Townships of the Second Class
Chapter 141. Second Class Township Code (Refs & Annos)
Article XXVI. Water Supply and Waterworks (Refs & Annos)
Effective: September 2, 2008
53 P.S. § 67603
§ 67603. Connection to water system
Currentness
(a) The board of supervisors may by ordinance require that a property owner connect with and use a water system of the township or municipality authority or a joint water board in either of the following cases:
(1) If, except as provided in subsection (b), the property owner's principal building is located within one hundred fifty feet of a water system or any part or extension of the system.
(2) If the property owner's principal building has no supply of water which is safe for human consumption.
(b) A property owner who, after the effective date of this subsection,1 is subject to mandatory connection pursuant to subsection (a)(1), shall not be required to connect to the water system pursuant to that subsection if all of the following conditions exist:
(1) The water system or part or extension of the system that is within one hundred fifty feet of the principal building was in existence on the effective date of this subsection.
(2) The principal building has its own supply of water which is safe for human consumption.
(3) Prior to the effective date of this subsection, the property owner was not required to connect to the existing system.
(c) Those industries and farms which have their own supply of water for uses other than human consumption may continue to use their own water for that purpose but are required to use the township water system to provide water for human consumption.
(d) In the case of a water system provided by the township or a municipality authority or a joint water board, the board of supervisors may impose and charge to property owners who desire to or are required to connect to the water system a connection fee, a customer facilities fee, a tapping fee and other similar fees as enumerated under 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607(d)(24) (relating to purposes and powers).
(e) Whenever a water system or any part or extension thereof owned by a township has been constructed by the township at the expense of a private person or corporation or has been constructed by a private person or corporation under the supervision of the township at the expense of the private person or corporation, the board of supervisors shall have the right to charge a tapping fee, including a reimbursement component, and refund said reimbursement component to the person or corporation who has paid for the construction of said water system or any part or extension thereof.
(f)(1) If any property owner required under subsection (a) to connect with and use the system fails to do so within ninety days after notice to do so has been served by the board of supervisors, the board of supervisors or their agents may enter the property and construct the connection.
(2) The board of supervisors shall send an itemized bill of the cost of construction of connection to the owner of the property to which connection has been made, which bill is payable immediately, or the board of supervisors may authorize the payment of the cost of construction of connections in equal installments under Article XXXIII.2

Credits

1933, May 1, P.L. 103, No. 69, § 2603, added 1995, Nov. 9, P.L. 350, No. 60, § 1, effective in 180 days. Amended 2008, July 4, P.L. 284, No. 34, § 2, effective in 60 days [Sept. 2, 2008].

Footnotes

1
Subsec. (b) added effective Sept. 2, 2008.
2
53 P.S. § 68301 et seq.
53 P.S. § 67603, PA ST 53 P.S. § 67603
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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