53 Pa.C.S. § 2
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Applicability to connection, customer facilities, tapping or similar fees.
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Notwithstanding section 5(1) of this act, this act shall apply immediately to any connection, customer facilities, tapping or similar fees which are increased or initially imposed subsequent to the effective date of this section. Explanatory Note. Act 57 amended section 5607 of Title 53. § 3. Applicability of mandatory refund provisions. Notwithstanding section 5(1) of this act, the mandatory refund provisions of 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607(d)(24)(i)(C)(VI) applicable to tapping fees based upon facilities to be constructed or acquired in the future shall apply to tapping fees collected subsequent to the effective date of this section regardless of when the resolution adopting such tapping fees was adopted. § 4. Applicability to sewer tapping fees and original financing. The following shall apply:
(1) The provisions of 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607(d)(24)(i)(C)(I) and (V)(e) shall not apply for a period of 15 years after the effective date of this section to sewer tapping fees imposed by a joint authority having six or more municipal members which is prohibited from implementing any increase in sewer user fees pursuant to the terms of a contract executed prior to January 1, 2003.
(2) The provisions of 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607(d)(24)(i)(C)(V)(e) shall not apply for a period of five years after the date of closing of original financing when an authority, in order to support the construction of new facilities, used original financing which closed on or before July 1, 2003, which has a term of at least 15 years and in which tapping fees were relied upon to support the debt service on the financing. 2003, DECEMBER 30, P.L.450, NO.65 § 4. Applicability. This act shall apply to police officers required by this act to obtain certification under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D (relating to municipal police and training) as follows:
(1) A police officer who, as of the effective date of this section, has successfully completed a basic training course similar to that required under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D shall, after review by the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission, be certified as having met the basic training requirements of 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D.
(2) A police officer who, as of the effective date of this section, has not successfully completed a basic training course similar to that required under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D and is, for that reason, not qualified for certification under paragraph (1), shall be able to perform the duties of a police officer for one year from the effective date of this section. By the end of that year, the police officer must be certified under paragraph (1). Explanatory Note. Act 65 amended or repealed sections 2162, 2166.1, 2167 and 2170 of Title 53. References in Text. The references to 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D should probably be to 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D. 2004, JULY 16, P.L.758, NO.94
(1) The provisions of 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607(d)(24)(i)(C)(I) and (V)(e) shall not apply for a period of 15 years after the effective date of this section to sewer tapping fees imposed by a joint authority having six or more municipal members which is prohibited from implementing any increase in sewer user fees pursuant to the terms of a contract executed prior to January 1, 2003.
(2) The provisions of 53 Pa.C.S. § 5607(d)(24)(i)(C)(V)(e) shall not apply for a period of five years after the date of closing of original financing when an authority, in order to support the construction of new facilities, used original financing which closed on or before July 1, 2003, which has a term of at least 15 years and in which tapping fees were relied upon to support the debt service on the financing. 2003, DECEMBER 30, P.L.450, NO.65 § 4. Applicability. This act shall apply to police officers required by this act to obtain certification under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D (relating to municipal police and training) as follows:
(1) A police officer who, as of the effective date of this section, has successfully completed a basic training course similar to that required under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D shall, after review by the Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission, be certified as having met the basic training requirements of 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D.
(2) A police officer who, as of the effective date of this section, has not successfully completed a basic training course similar to that required under 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D and is, for that reason, not qualified for certification under paragraph (1), shall be able to perform the duties of a police officer for one year from the effective date of this section. By the end of that year, the police officer must be certified under paragraph (1). Explanatory Note. Act 65 amended or repealed sections 2162, 2166.1, 2167 and 2170 of Title 53. References in Text. The references to 42 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D should probably be to 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 Subch. D. 2004, JULY 16, P.L.758, NO.94
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