Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HR527: A Resolution directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the operating revenues, expenditures and balance sheet for service years 2023 and 2024 of all municipal authorities and municipalities which operate municipal separate storm sewer system facilities in this Commonwealth.
Status: In committee, May 14, 2026
What the bill says
A resolution Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the operating revenues, expenditures and balance sheet for service years 2023 and 2024 of all municipal authorities and municipalities which operate municipal separate storm sewer system facilities in this Commonwealth.
From the introduced text, May 14, 2026:
A RESOLUTION Directing the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the operating revenues, expenditures and balance sheet for service years 2023 and 2024 of all municipal authorities and municipalities which operate municipal separate storm sewer system facilities in this Commonwealth. WHEREAS, Federal Law requires that municipalities and other entities such as universities and prisons that meet certain criteria must obtain National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit coverage for discharges of storm water from their municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s); and WHEREAS, These mandates have resulted in fees to cover the costs of implementation, which vary across this Commonwealth; and WHEREAS, Fees are a financial hardship for many residents and businesses across this Commonwealth; and WHEREAS, The General Assembly urgently needs reliable and complete information on the operations and finances of Municipal Separate Storm Water System facilities in this Commonwealth to enable such facilities to be financed under State law on an appropriate, fair and predictable basis; therefore be it RESOLVED, That the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee issue a report based on a comprehensive and independent survey and analysis of the operating revenues, expenditures and balance sheet for service years 2023 and 2024 of all municipal authorities and municipalities which operate municipal separate storm sewer system facilities in this Commonwealth; and be it further …