PRINTER'S NO. 694
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.680
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY HOWARD, HILL-EVANS, PIELLI, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, DALEY, HADDOCK AND BRENNAN,
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
PROTECTION, FEBRUARY 20, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), entitled
"An act to preserve and improve the purity of the waters of
the Commonwealth for the protection of public health, animal
and aquatic life, and for industrial consumption, and
recreation; empowering and directing the creation of
indebtedness or the issuing of non-debt revenue bonds by
political subdivisions to provide works to abate pollution;
providing protection of water supply and water quality;
providing for the jurisdiction of courts in the enforcement
thereof; providing additional remedies for abating pollution
of waters; imposing certain penalties; repealing certain
acts; regulating discharges of sewage and industrial wastes;
regulating the operation of mines and regulating the impact
of mining upon water quality, supply and quantity; placing
responsibilities upon landowners and land occupiers and to
maintain primary jurisdiction over surface coal mining in
Pennsylvania," in procedure and enforcement, further
providing for summary proceedings.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 603 of the act of June 22, 1937
(P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law, is amended
to read:
Section 603. Summary Proceedings.--All summary proceedings
under the provisions of this act may be commenced by the Office
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25 of Attorney General under the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950,
No.164), known as the "Commonwealth Attorneys Act," or brought
before any district justice of the county where the offense
occurred or the unlawful discharge of sewage, industrial waste
or pollution was maintained, or in the county where the public
is affected, [and to that end jurisdiction is hereby conferred
upon said district justices, ] subject to appeal by either party
in the manner provided by law. In the case of any appeal from
any such conviction in the manner provided by law for appeals
from summary conviction, it shall be the duty of the Office of
Attorney General or the district attorney of the county to
represent the interests of the Commonwealth.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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