Bill > HB1308

This bill addresses storm water management in Pennsylvania by making several key provisions. The bill first establishes legislative findings acknowledging that inadequate storm water management can lead to increased flood risks, erosion, infrastructure strain, and environmental challenges. It defines "impervious surface" as areas that prevent water infiltration into soil, including surfaces like concrete, asphalt, roadways, sidewalks, parking lots, driveways, patios, roofs, and storage sheds. The bill allows municipal corporations and municipal authorities to charge storm water management fees to property owners, including government entities, and ensures that tax-exempt organizations cannot be excused from paying these fees solely based on their tax-exempt status. Furthermore, the bill grants municipal authorities the power to set storm water management rates based on a property's contribution to storm water runoff, considering factors such as impervious surface area and the installation of approved best management practices. Rates can be applied across an entire service area, to properties benefiting from specific storm water projects, or by establishing storm water management districts. The legislation aims to provide a comprehensive approach to managing storm water runoff and its associated environmental and infrastructural impacts, with the act taking effect 60 days after its passage.

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