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§ 698.22. Definitions

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 55 P.S. NavigationEffective: January 3, 2023

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 55 P.S. Navigation (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 26. Port of Pittsburgh Commission Act
Effective: January 3, 2023
55 P.S. § 698.22
§ 698.22. Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
“Board.” The governing body of the commission.
“Commission.” The body corporate and politic created by this act.
“Port district.” The combined geographical territory of the Counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington and Westmoreland.
“Port facility.” All real and personal property used in the operation of a port terminal, including, but not limited to, wharves, piers, slips, ferries, docks, graving docks, dry docks, shipbuilding and/or repair yards, bulkheads, dock walls, basins, car floats, float-bridges, dredging equipment, radio receiving and sending stations, grain or other storage elevators, warehouses, cold storage, tracks, yards, sheds, switches, connections, overhead appliances, bunker coal, oil and fresh water stations, railroads, motor trucks, scows or harbor craft of any kind, markets in every kind of terminal storage or supply depot, now in use or hereafter designed for use to facilitate transportation and for the handling, storage, loading or unloading of freight or passengers at terminals and equipment, materials and supplies therefor.
“Port-related project.” Any real property, site, building, structure, equipment, furnishings and other facility or undertaking relating to industrial and commercial development activities within the port district.
“Port terminal.” Without limitation, motor truck, motorbus, railroad and air terminal, any coal, grain, bulk liquids and lumber terminal, and any union, freight, passenger and other terminals used or to be used in connection with the transportation or transfer of freight, persons, personnel and equipment.

Credits

1992, Dec. 14, P.L. 818, No. 133, § 2, imd. effective. Amended 2001, Dec. 17, P.L. 939, No. 111, § 1, imd. effective; 2006, Oct. 27, P.L. 1206, No. 131, § 1, imd. effective; 2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 2169, No. 161, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2023].
55 P.S. § 698.22, PA ST 55 P.S. § 698.22
Current through the end of the 2023 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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