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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) In a case where, under the authority of section 2401, 1 a system of sewage and drainage covering a township in whole or in part shall have been approved and authorized by ordinance, the board of commissioners may enter into a contract with any responsible individual or corporation for the construction of a system of sewage or drainage at the expense of the individual or corporation and the following shall apply:
(1) The individual or corporation shall be entitled under the contract to exercise all the powers of the township in the construction, maintenance and operation of the system of sewage or drainage, with the right to collect fees connected to the construction, maintenance and operation as the board of commissioners prescribes, in as full manner as the fees might have been collected by the township or the commissioners.
(2) In the contract the board of commissioners shall reserve to the township the right at any time, after a prescribed time, to take possession of the system of sewage and drainage, and the system's appurtenances, at a price and upon terms to be fixed in the contract.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or modify any of 66 Pa.C.S. (relating to public utilities).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 57420. Contracts for sewer and drainage systems - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-57420/
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