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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania Bill HB 235 Requires Municipal Stormwater Authorities to Base Rates on Property Characteristics and Approved Management Practices
Last action · January 22, 2025: Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Jan. 22, 2025Sponsors: Barb Gleim and 17 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania HB 235 mandates that performing stormwater planning, management, and implementation must set reasonable and uniform rates based on property characteristics and approved . For normal agricultural operations, the bill requires the use of best management practices approved by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service or the State Conservation Commission. The act takes effect in 60 days.
Property owners and agricultural operators in Pennsylvania will see stormwater fees calculated using specific property characteristics and management practices rather than optional guidelines, affecting how stormwater utility rates are assessed across municipalities.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Municipal stormwater authorities
Must transition from permissive to mandatory standards when calculating stormwater rates based on property characteristics and approved best management practices.
Agricultural operations
Must have stormwater practices evaluated under standards approved by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service or the State Conservation Commission.
Property owners
Subject to stormwater rates calculated using property characteristics and best management practices.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How will municipal stormwater rates be determined under this bill?
Are agricultural operations treated differently under the stormwater rate rules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 22, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION, Jan. 22, 2025
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