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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The following words and phrases when used in this article shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
“Authority.” A water and sewer authority of a city.
“City.” A city of the second class located in a county of the second class.
“City park.”A city-owned park that consists of at least 50 contiguous acres.
“Commission.” The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
“Cooperation agreement.”The cooperation agreement entered into between the city and the authority on October 3, 2019.
“System.” The following, owned or operated by the authority and used in the rendering of water service and sewer service by the authority:
(1) Plants, warehouses, equipment, structures, facilities, lands, easements, rights of way, public water lines and public sewer lines.
(2) Patents, copyrights and contracts with municipalities or authorities outside the boundaries of the city.
(3) Water treatment plants, pumping facilities, reservoirs, storage tanks, distribution mains, public service lines and appurtenances, public sewers, inlets, sewer grates, manholes, diversion structures, pumping stations, force mains, public subsurface storm water conveyance lines and related facilities conveying storm water.
(4) Patents and copyrights obtained by the city, assigned to the authority or retained directly by the authority and related to the design, operation, maintenance, replacement or abandonment of water, sewer or storm water systems.
(5) Tangible public property, fixed or moveable.
(6) Capital additions constructed or acquired relating to water service and sewer service.
(7) Franchises used or useful to the authority in the rendering of water, sewer and storm water service by the authority and other agreements between the city and authority.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 720.211. Definitions (Adm. Code § 2801-G) - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-71-ps-state-government/pa-st-sect-71-720-211/
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